HMRC has developed a PAYE desktop viewer (PDV) that enables employers and agents to manage coding notices received for employees online. The software enables employers and agents to download notices and codings from the Revenue’s data provisioning service (DPS) and manipulate them in a variety of ways. The software (PDV) is downloaded directly on to the employer or agent’s desktop computer. It is not suitable to be downloaded on to servers. Once the notices are downloaded, the administrator can manipulate the information in a variety of ways, including a wide range of searches, creating files to be exported to the payroll, and making backups.   The first time you download from DPS, you will receive all the online notices you have been sent since, possibly, 2005. It is therefore advisable to download PDV before January 2010 when the forms P9 for 2010/11 are sent out.    The PDV has a list of functions clearly displayed on the left hand side of the screen, which makes navigation of the software user friendly.    The PDV can be downloaded for free from going to HMRC’s website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/tools/PDV but you will need your Government Gateway ID and password and, if you are an employer, your PAYE reference number and, obviously, an internet connection.

Posted on 27 Nov 2009