NI number relevance to P60?

[webhunter]

Hello folks,

I have a P60 (for hardly 15 days of employment) for the tax year 2005-2006.

However, I dont have my NI Number printed on it. in other words the National Insurance No. is left blank. How critical is this? As you might be aware, the NI Number would'nt have come for atleast 1 month after you have taken up a job and by the time they issued the P60, I still did'nt had a NI number and hence the employer must have left it blank?

What are your thoughts on this? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

[Jk2007]

Was any NI contribution deducted by the employer for those 15 days?
When was the 15 days salary paid to you?

If the company has deducted NI, they should have paid the same to the Government, and they cannot pay this until they have the valid NI..

[webhunter]

Well here's how it works. When you join an employer with out an NI number, the tax will be deducted with a higher tax code. Once you get the NI number it will be adjusted by the employer.

I joined the company on March 15th, so I got the P60 for those 15 days, before the current tax year started.

In other words, even on the payslips, there wont be an NI number for the printed on payslips for the first month or two. However, during all this time tax and NI are deducted.

Does anyone know any implications for the NI number not being printed on P60, because of the situation described in my initial post??