PSA6050 | Using the Employer Compliance System (ECS) for PSAs: Updating ECS when you Vary a PSA

PSA2070 explains how to make changes to a PSA. The action you must take to update ECS will depend on the reason why the charge is being amended.

To include a new item

• click on the ‘Add’ button (PSA6020 refers)

• Select the relevant item and make required changes to the date

• Click on OK.

To withdraw an item

Once an item has been included in the PSA agreement you can withdraw the item from the agreement. To do this

• click on the Withdraw button in the PSA screen and you will be presented with the Withdraw Items screen.

The default date on the screen is today’s date, but you can change it if you wish.

To withdraw an item

• highlight by selecting the item to be withdrawn

• click on OK.

The order of listed items in the PSA screen will now have changed with the withdrawn items included above those that have been rejected.

Note: The list of items that can be withdrawn will only include the items from the main PSA screen that have been included but have no charge details recorded against them. Once any charge details have been saved against an item, the item cannot be withdrawn.

Increasing the charge

If a charge is increased you must create a charge for the balance through SAFE.

To record the increase on ECS you must take the following action

• go into the PAYE Settlement Agreement screen

• highlight by selecting the item to be increased

• click on the Charge button

• amend the entries in the charge screen

• repeat the charge process to increase the charge for the particular item (PSA6040 refers) and

• enter a new settlement date in the Update PSA screen. (PSA6030 refers)

Decreasing the charge

To decrease the charge

• highlight by selecting the item to be decreased

• click on the Charge button

• amend the entries in the charge screen and

• enter a new settlement date in the Update PSA screen. (PSA6030 refers)

When you return to the PSA screen, the charge will be amended.