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Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
You put an employee’s tax code into your payroll software to work out how…
The numbers in an employee’s tax code show how much tax-free income they…
Letters in an employee’s tax code refer to their situation and how it…
Usually someone’s tax code changes if their tax-free income (Personal…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will tell you between January and March…
Find out how to get HMRC PAYE forms including P45, P60, starter checklist (which replaced the P46), P11D.
End-of-year tasks, P60 form, report expenses and benefits, send last FPS to HMRC, prepare for new tax year.
As an employer running payroll, you need to: report to HM Revenue and…
Send your final Full Payment Submission (FPS) on or before your employees’…
For each employee working for you on 6 April, you’ll need to: prepare a…
Follow your provider’s instructions to update your payroll software so it…
Give a P60 to all employees on your payroll who are working for you on the…
You can report expenses and benefits using your payroll software, if it…
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