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  • your passport number — if you’ve been sent to work in the UK temporarily

  Fill in the starter checklist 

  You should get all of your information together before you start as you cannot save as you go along.  

  Make sure you complete the form correctly or you may pay too much or too little tax. 

  Email, post or give the starter checklist to your new employer.

  Start now

  If you cannot use the online form

  You can print out and fill inin, by hand, either the:

  • starter checklist for employees (PDF, 328326 KB, 34 pages), if you normally live and work in the UK
  • starter checklist for employees seconded to work in the UK by an overseas employer (PDF, 280273 KB, 3 pages)

  These files may not be suitable if you use assistive technology — such as a screen reader. If you need a more accessible format email different.format@hmrc.gov.uk and tell us what format you need. It will help if you tell us what assistive technology you use. Read the accessibility statement for HMRC forms.

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