SAM101360 | Records: maintain taxpayer record: who can amend a taxpayer record
From HM Revenue & Customs · Self Assessment Manual
Amendments to a taxpayer’s SA record can be carried out by any authorised user depending upon
The type of office in which the operator works
Whether the office has responsibility for an area of Revenue activity in respect of the taxpayer’s record
And
Which user role has been allocated to that operator
No other operators will have update access to the taxpayer’s SA record, but they may have view access.
Offices with accounting responsibility
Offices with accounting responsibility are able to make some changes to a taxpayer’s personal details and will use the appropriate SA function to make any necessary amendments. The functions available under the Clerical Accounts Office Caseworker user role are detailed in section ‘Access to Records’ in business area ‘Manage Work’. These include
AMEND TAXPAYER NAME and ADDRESS
SET UP CAPACITY DETAILS
MAINTAIN CAPACITY
MAINTAIN CAPACITY SUMMARY
AMEND INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER DETAILS
AMEND TAXPAYER SIGNALS
AMEND TAXPAYER’S AGENT DETAILS