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Send an Employer Payment Summary using Basic PAYE Tools

Find out how to send an Employer Payment Summary if you're an employer using Basic PAYE Tools or if your commercial payroll software does not have this option.

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From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
12 June 2014
Last updated:
6 April 2026
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  1. The 'Claim a reduction in the amount you need to pay HMRC' section has been updated with guidance on how to enter recoverable amounts for Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay in Northern Ireland.

  2. Welsh translation has been added.

  3. The steps have been updated to make them easier to follow.

  4. The Basic PAYE Tools: Employer Payment Summary annual updates have been made for the tax year 2021 to 2022.

  5. Step 5 has been updated with information about claiming Employment Allowance.

  6. The Basic PAYE Tools: Employer Payment Summary annual updates have been made for the tax year 2020 to 2021.

  7. The Basic PAYE Tools: Employer Payment Summary annual updates have been made for the tax year 2019 to 2020.

  8. Annual updates have been made for the tax year 2018 to 2019.

  9. Annual updates have been made for the 2017 to 2018 tax year.

  10. Updated guidance available

  11. The Basic PAYE Tools: Employer Payment Summary (EPS) only PDF attachment has now been updated.

  12. First published.

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This guide gives you step by step help to send an Employer Payment Summary to HMRC using Basic PAYE Tools if you use:

  • Basic PAYE Tools to run payroll
  • commercial payroll software that cannot send Employer Payment Summaries

All Basic PAYE Tools user guides are updated only when there are major changes. They may not be updated yearly.

You must register with HMRC for PAYE Online as an employer before you use Basic PAYE Tools to run your payroll calculations and submissions.

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