New for 2023-24 There are a number of changes to the rules and rates that will affect payroll for 2023-24 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 2023-24 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 2022 to March 2023 would be contained in a file called ‘ABC Ltd 2022-23.pay’.…
Car benefits – Data Input & Calculation 2023-24 This guide explains how to enter details of company cars provided to employees during the tax year 2023-24 and shows how the benefit of such cars are calculated. If you are calculating benefits for a car provided in tax year 2024-25 then you should refer to our…
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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 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…
Problem when trying to download PAYE Notices 31 October 2022 HMRC are currently having issues with their system for downloading PAYE notices. You may receive an error message when attempting to download these notices. This is an error with HMRC systems – please do NOT contact Moneysoft about this. Instead, either wait for HMRC to…
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…
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…