Norton ‘Data Protector’ preventing files from updating June 2022: Some Payroll Manager users have reported that their Norton Antivirus software has started to block Payroll Manager from saving data. You may only become aware of this when running your payroll and noticing that work that you had done previously (e.g. filing RTI returns, entering pay…
National Insurance Contributions (NICs) in 2022-23 In most tax years the ‘Primary Threshold (PT)’, the level of earnings at which an employee starts making National Insurance Contributions (NICs), remains the same throughout the year. The tax year 2022-23 is unusual in that the PT increases part way through the year (from 6 July 2022), affecting…
Payroll corrections and RTI returns If you discover an error in your payroll after the Full Payment Submission (FPS) has already been sent to HMRC (e.g. you entered an incorrect amount of pay or omitted the leaving date for an employee) , then in order to resolve this issue HMRC require that the next regular…
We have recently published guides on how to complete payroll year end 2021-22 and move forwards to 2022-23. Please see the guide Year End Summary 2021-22 for more details. Payroll Manager has also been updated to include all of the new rules & rates for 2022-23, including those items specified in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement,…
What to do if HMRC have the wrong figures If HMRC have the wrong figures for what the employer owes, or what an employee has earned, then there are three things to check: the data entered into Payroll Manager the data sent by Payroll Manager in the RTI returns the data held by HMRC In…
The government has announced a ‘Health and Social Care Levy’ to be spent on the NHS and social care across the UK. National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will increase by 1.25% for one year for employees, employers and the self-employed from April 2022. HMRC have requested that for the tax year 2022-23 all payslips contain a…
Creating A Data File For 2022-23 Payroll Manager stores the payroll information for each tax year in a separate data file on your computer. For example, if your company is called ‘ABC Ltd’, then your payroll information for the period April 2021 to March 2022 would be contained in a file called ‘ABC Ltd 2021-22.pay’.…
National Insurance categories and rates IMPORTANT: The information in this guide applies for the tax year 2022-23 onwards. Many of the items that you see in this guide are not applicable before 6 April 2022. Employers use an employee’s National Insurance category letter when they run payroll to work out how much National Insurance they…
New for 2022-23 There are a number of changes to the rules and rates that will affect payroll for 2022-23 and this guide provides details of some of them. Payroll Manager is automatically updated to include each of these changes. We would recommend that you read the latest editions of HMRC Employer Bulletin (www.hmrc.gov.uk/payerti/forms-updates/employer-bulletin/index.htm )…
Filing the last RTI return for 2021-22 HMRC require that the last RTI return for 2021-22 is marked as being the ‘Final Submission for Year’ (which Payroll Manager will automatically do for you via an EPS return). At year end you should file your FPS as usual on or before the final pay date of…