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Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
As an employer you may be asked to deduct benefit overpayments an employee…
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will write to you if you need…
To calculate the deductions from your employee’s pay you’ll have to: work…
When calculating Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payments, you should…
The amount you earn, and how often you're paid your wages, can affect your Universal Credit.
A statement of your earnings, including overtime, bonus or commission, for the last 3 months.
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Find out about negative earnings, clawback bonuses and claiming tax loss relief or a tax refund.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
Reduced Earnings Allowance can help if your income falls because of a work-related accident or disease - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
This series brings together the most up to date DCMS sector earnings datasets.
Use this if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
Manually calculate if your payroll software or GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Experimental monthly estimates of paid employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data, including a flash estimate of employment and median pay for the most recent month. This...
This collection brings together documents on the annual review of the automatic enrolment earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band.
If you're an employee working at sea outside of the UK check if you can claim tax relief on your earnings.
How to work out National Insurance contributions if your employee has more than 1 job.
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