When changing an employee's Payroll, you will only be able to select a Payroll that has the same tax reference number as their current one.
If you are moving them to a Payroll with a different tax reference number you will get the error message 'Not allowed to transfer to a payroll with a different Tax Reference'.
In this case, there are two options:
Terminate the current employment and set up a new employment on the correct Payroll
Amend the tax reference on the current or previous Payroll
Terminate and set up a new employment
The first option is to terminate their current employment and set up a new one with the effective date of the change of Payroll.
Search for the employee and go to their profile.
Terminate their employment.
Click Add Additional Employment or Re-Employ to set up the new employment.
When selecting their payroll details, make sure to select the correct Payroll.
Amend the tax reference
If you've noticed an issue with the tax reference number for either the current or previous Payroll you can follow the steps in our article on changing a payroll's tax reference number in order to amend it.
Once this is done you will be able to change the employee's payroll as needed.