Paying employees early at Christmas Some employers may choose to pay their employees earlier than usual during the Christmas period. HMRC have asked that If you do pay early, then it is important that you still report the normal payment date on the FPS that you send to HMRC, and not the actual (earlier) pay…
Changing Pension Schemes This guide shows the steps you must take in Payroll Manager to move an employee(s) from one pension scheme to another. 1. Cease employee / employer contributions to the ‘old’ pension scheme: – From the main menu in Payroll Manager, click ‘Employees‘ then ‘Employee Details‘, then click on the ‘Auto-Enrolment pensions‘ tab,…
Autumn Budget 2024 In the Autumn Budget of 2024 the Chancellor announced a number of changes that will affect payroll calculations for the tax year 2025-26 onwards. There was nothing in the recent budget that will affect payroll calculations in tax year 2024-25. Changes from April 2025 include: An increase to the rate of Employer National…
In the Autumn Budget of 2024 the Chancellor announced a number of changes that will affect payroll calculations for the tax year 2025-26 onwards. There was nothing in the recent budget that will affect payroll calculations in tax year 2024-25. Changes from April 2025 include: An increase to the rate of Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs)…
Tips, gratuities, service charges and troncs The rules regarding tips, gratuities, service charges and Troncs are quite complex, and are beyond the scope of this guide. More detailed information about the PAYE tax & National Insurance due on such payments can be found in the GOV.UK Guidance on tips, gratuities, service charges and troncs –…
The Government has recently published the ‘Employment Rights Bill’, which (amongst other things) proposes a number of changes to the way that Sick Pay (SSP) and also Parenting Pay (SMP, SPP etc) will operate. Should this legislation pass, then Payroll Manager will implement the necessary changes via a scheduled software update. We do not expect…
Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) As of April 2025, parents of newborn children who need neonatal care will have access to a new statutory right to paid leave. Payroll Manager will be updated in due course to facilitate these payments in tax year 2025-26.
Problems sending emails using Outlook, Office 365 and Hotmail accounts We are aware that Microsoft have recently made changes to the security settings on some of their users’ accounts, and those changes mean that when users try and send emails through Payroll Manager they get a “could not log on to email server” or “Your…
P800 forms – week 53 payments in tax year 2023-24 If you have employees that were paid weekly on a Friday then they may have received a ‘Week 53’ payment in 2023-24, which is quite normal. Because of the way that HMRC calculate tax for ‘week 53’ payments, then this may mean that an employee…
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) Details of how Payroll Manager handles each aspect of CIS are given in the sections below: 1. Adding a new subcontractor 2. Verifying a subcontractor 3. Recording payments to Subcontractors 4. CIS Payment and Deduction Statement 5. CIS 300 Monthly return 1. Adding a new subcontractor From the main menu in…