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) IMPORTANT: The details in this guide apply to tax years 2025-26 onwards (i.e. SNCP is not applicable to tax years 2024-25 or previous) An employee may be eligible for Neonatal Care Leave and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay if they or their partner have a child that requires neonatal care. The…
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 an “Authentication unsuccessful, basic authentication is disabled” error. If you…
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…
9 May 2024 HMRC has recently made changes to it’s online service. This means that if you’re using Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Server 2008, Server 2012 or 2012R2 on your computer, you won’t be able to submit online returns to HMRC via Payroll Manager. On 9 May 2024 HMRC removed support for ‘CBC ciphers’, which…