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 employees are entitled to two weeks’ statutory pay. There are a number…
Redundancy and Termination payments This guide shows how to enter redundancy / termination payments (i.e. payments made when an employee’s employment is terminated) into Payroll Manager. It does NOT cover ‘Payments in Lieu of Notice (PILONs)’, which are treated the same as any other pay (i.e they are subject to tax and NIC). HMRC rules…
Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) Overview Employees may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if they’ve had a baby or adopted a child. Employees can start SPL if they’re eligible and they or their partner end their maternity or adoption leave or pay early. The remaining leave will be…
State Pension Age The State Pension age is the earliest age that an individual can start receiving their State Pension, and is worked out based on the date of birth. If an employee chooses to continue to work after reaching their State Pension Age then their subsequent earnings are not liable to employee National Insurance…
