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Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
When an employee leaves or retires, update your payroll, give the employee a P45.
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Correct mistakes with pay and deductions including National Insurance (NI), amend errors in FPS payroll reports, correct payments to HMRC.
What you can do if an employee is called up for jury service, and how to sort out their pay or help them claim an allowance
How to pay a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA), including payment methods, reference numbers, bank details and deadlines.
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
Apply for financial help from HMRC if you cannot afford to fund an employee's tax refund
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
Update your payroll records when an employee reaches State Pension age so they stop paying National Insurance
Set up a Payroll Giving scheme for your employees using PAYE - when to make deductions, costs of running the scheme, which charities are eligible and what they must do when they get the donation
Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)
Tax and reporting rules for employers who make assets available to employees
End-of-year tasks, P60 form, report expenses and benefits, send last FPS to HMRC, prepare for new tax year.
Submit an employment intermediary report to HMRC every 3 months if you pay people like agency workers or subcontractors but do not operate PAYE
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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