Temporarily using Payroll Manager on a different computer This guide is designed to help if you normally use Payroll Manager on one computer, but temporarily need to operate the payroll on a different computer – e.g if you are away on holiday and wish to use your laptop to run the software. For the purpose…
We have recently made a small change to the way that the number of hours an employee works can be input on the ‘Pay Details’ screen in Payroll Manager. Previously e.g. if an employee worked 37 1/2 hours, then it was necessary to enter ‘37.5’ into the ‘Hours worked’ column. It is now possible to…
We have just published our guides to payroll year end 2022-23. These guides are designed to help you file your final RTI returns for 2022-23, produce P60s for your employees etc. There are also guides which show the Tax/NIC/Student Loan/SMP etc rates and thresholds for 2023-24, and also for creating a new payroll data file…
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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 If you are experiencing problems when trying to download PAYE notices in Payroll Manager (i.e. when clicking ‘Tools‘ then ‘Download PAYE Notices‘ from the main menu in Payroll Manager) then it is likely that HMRC are having issues with their system for downloading PAYE notices. You may receive…
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…