I have an observation on the quality of coding from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

The former Inland Revenue supplies a PAYE calculator on a CD-Rom. Adding a new starter today, I completed uploading her profile and received a warning message: "This employee is beyond retirement age".

I was confused, as she is only 50. I went back to the previous screen to check her year of birth - it should have been 1957, but I had not mistakenly put in 1947, thus making her 60, but 1057, thus making her 950 years old. HMRC really does want people to work beyond 65!

Keith Appleyard