HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has recently published a new page on their website called ‘Improving the operation of PAYE: Real Time Information (RTI)'. The page provides information on RTI and some FAQs from employers and software developers together with HMRC responses. HMRC will add to these over the coming months.

Also published is a page on technical information for software developers, which may be useful to some employers.

A pilot of the RTI service with volunteer software developers and employers will last for a year, starting in April 2012 to make sure it is thoroughly tested.

Our previous article on Real Time Information provides more detail about the system and the pilot.

HMRC’s plan is to ensure that all employers are using the RTI service by October 2013, with those who are not part of the pilot joining RTI in the period from April 2013 to October 2013.