Claiming tax relief when working from home You may be able to claim tax relief for additional household costs if you have to work at home on a regular basis, either for all or part of the week. This includes if you have to work from home because of coronavirus (COVID-19). Please see Claim tax…
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, then 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…
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Claims March – June 2020 Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) the Government will provide employers with a grant to cover the Gross Pay of furloughed employees (i.e. 80% of their normal pay, up to a maximum of £2,500 per month), their Employer’s National Insurance Contributions (NIC), and the…
Cycle to work scheme This guide shows how to set up a ‘salary sacrifice’ deduction in Payroll Manager when an employee is making hire payments for a bicycle provided by their employer under the Government ‘Cycle to work’ scheme. You should read the Department of Transport publication ‘Cycle to work scheme – guidance for employers‘…
CJRS Claim Calculation Method The following methodology is used by Payroll Manager to perform the various calculations required to determine claim amounts under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This methodology was issue to use by HMRC. Calculation of the Gross Pay grant per employee Take the lower of 1 and 2 below 1. £2500 (monthly)…
Problems sending emails – Users of Avast and AVG antivirus software A number of Payroll Manager users with either Avast or AVG antivirus software installed have been reporting recent problems when trying to send emails (payslips, P60 etc) through Payroll Manager. It appears that this problem is due to an update within the antivirus software…
Nil CIS 00 monthly return If there are no subcontractors to be paid in a month, you must still submit a CIS300 as a NIL Return. Click ‘CIS‘ then ‘Monthly return CIS300‘ from the main menu in Payroll Manager. Click the ‘Produce report‘ button next to the relevant month. Select the ‘File Copy’ layout from…
Lay-offs and short-time working ‘Guarantee Pay’ and ‘Lay-off pay’ are payments that employees may be entitled to during periods of short time working. Please see the GOV.UK guide on Lay-offs and short-time working for details of eligibility and amounts. This type of pay cannot be reclaimed by the employer, and as such there is no specific…
Working from home – Payroll Manager This guide is designed to help if you normally use Payroll Manager at work, but temporarily need to operate the payroll from home. How Payroll Manager works There are two main aspects to using Payroll Manager to process your payroll – i.e. the payroll software and the payroll data…
Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) The Government introduced a new entitlement to Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (SPBP) in April 2020. This provides parents who lose a child or suffer a stillbirth with an employment right to take two weeks off work. Eligible parents are entitled to two weeks’ statutory pay. There are a number…
