HMRC is withdrawing its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) channel and replacing it with an existing XML service, by April 2018, as part of its plans to align its PAYE services
Current EDI users will need to migrate away from the EDI service before the deadline to the XML channel. This move will position all of HMRC’s PAYE operations across the UK on the same platform.
Plans to make the move were originally announced at the API Strategy Launch Conference, on 7 September 2015, where Mark Dearnley, HMRC’s former chief digital and information officer, announced that the department would end its use of the EDI channel within 3 years.
This change will have no effect on individual employees.
HMRC is putting a new team in place to provide support for the user community, to help them transition, ahead of the deadline.
This also means there will not be any message implementation guidelines produced for the 2017 to 2018 P11D and P11D(B) as these messages will need to be submitted in XML over the internet from April 2018.
The current EDI system allows a secure electronic exchange of PAYE information between employers and HMRC.
HMRC is inviting individuals to fill out a feedback form, to enable it to gain a better understanding of how to support businesses in the transition to the XML/internet channel. The form is available here.
