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…
Payroll Year End 2023-24 We have published a series of guides to help you with the Payroll Year End process for 2023-24. These include a guide on sending your final RTI return for the year, as well as instructions as to how to move forward and start processing payroll for 2024-25. Please see Year End…
The Chancellor announced a reduction in the main rate of Employee’s (primary) class 1 contribution rates from 10% to 8% effective from April 2024. This change has been implemented via a software update to Payroll Manager. The update was published on 11 March 2024.
Filing the last RTI return for 2023-24 HMRC require that the last RTI return for 2023-24 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…
Year End Summary 2023-24 This guide has been designed to help you complete the necessary year end tasks for 2023-24 and move forward to start processing and reporting 2024-25 payroll information. It can be accessed at any time by clicking ‘Help – Online – End of Year Guide’ from the main menu in the Payroll…
New for 2024-25 There are a number of changes to the rules and rates that will affect payroll for 2024-25 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 )…
Creating A Data File For 2024-25 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 2023 to March 2024 would be contained in a file called ‘ABC Ltd 2023-24.pay’.…
Car benefits – Data Input & Calculation 2024-25 This guide explains how to enter details of company cars provided to employees during the tax year 2024-25 and shows how the benefit of such cars are calculated. If you are calculating benefits for a car provided in tax year 2023-24 then you should refer to our…
Holiday Pay for irregular hours and part-year workers (from April 2024) The Government has made changes to the Working Time Regulations relating to holiday entitlement and holiday pay calculations for ‘Irregular Hours’ and ‘Part-Year’ workers, which apply to holiday leave years from 1 April 2024. These changes mean that employers with these types of employees…
Investment Zone Employer NIC relief (IZENR) The Government has confirmed that 12 new ‘Investment zones‘ will be launched across the UK, which will include eight in England and four across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There will be certain employer National Insurance (NI) savings and tax reliefs, similar to those for Freeports. This measure allows…