When adding a new employee to your payroll system, you may notice the option to Omit from RTI. This feature allows you to exclude the employee from Real Time Information (RTI) submissions to HMRC.
Important: The ‘Omit from RTI’ checkbox is only available at the time you first add the employee to payroll. Once the employee has been included in a payroll run and submitted to HMRC (i.e., reported in an RTI submission), this option is no longer available. At that point, the employee becomes part of your official payroll records and must be reported to HMRC as required by legislation.
Why This Restriction Exists
This restriction helps maintain accurate records with HMRC and ensures compliance with UK payroll reporting obligations. Once an employee's payroll data has been submitted, it cannot be omitted retroactively.
Omit from RTI submissions
To omit an employee from RTI submissions when adding them to the payroll, follow the steps below.
Follow the steps to add an employee to the payroll.
When adding the company details, tick the Omit from RTI submissions box.
Click Next.
Follow the remaining steps to complete the employee set up.