National Insurance Contributions relief for employers who hire armed forces veterans In the spring budget of 2020, the Chancellor announced the introduction of a National Insurance holiday for employers that hire former members of the UK regular armed forces. The holiday will exempt employers from any National Insurance contributions liability on a veteran’s salary up…
Sending payslips and reports via email using Payroll Manager This guide shows you how to email payslips and reports from Payroll Manager to your employees / employers via the server of your email provider. There are 3 main sections: Set up and testing Sending payslips and reports by email Troubleshooting Note: If you are using…
Options Use this guide to setup Payroll Manager to work with Options. 1. Entering the Duties Start Date. 2. Adding Pension Scheme details. 3. Assessing the workforce. 4. Adding Employees and setting pension contributions. 5. Sending letters to employees. 6. Producing CSV upload files to send to the pension provider. 1- Duties Start Date Every employer…
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…
