christmas

Paying employees early at Christmas

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 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 date.…

Pay count report

Pay count report The ‘Pay count report‘ displays the pay history of an employee over a specified period of time, and disregards any ‘blank’ pay periods from the totals. It can be useful if you wish to calculate the average pay of an employee over a specified period of time, and wish to disregard periods in…

NIC 2022-23

National Insurance rate changes from 6 November 2022

National Insurance rate changes from 6 November 2022 During 2022-23, the Government announced a number of changes which affect the amount of National Insurance contributions (NICs) paid by employees and employers. The latest changes take effect from 6 November 2022. Payroll Manager has been automatically updated to include these changes, and there is nothing that…

Health and Social Care Levy

Scrapping of the Health and Social Care Levy The rate at which National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are deducted was increased by 1.25% in April 2022 to fund health and social care. The Government has announced that this will cease from 6 November 2022. The Chancellor, in his statement on 23 September 2022 also announced that…