Guidance

Employment Allowance: further guidance for employers

Guidance on eligibility, how to claim, connected companies, charities, care and support workers and single-director companies.

Published 6 February 2014
Last updated 15 February 2023 + show all updates
  1. Full Employment Allowance is £5,000 as of 6 April 2022.

  2. The Employers of care and support workers and Employment Allowance: further employer guidance has been updated with new rates for tax year 2022. Rates from 2015 have been removed.

  3. The guidance about connected companies and Employment Allowance has been updated to include details about sole traders and partnerships.

  4. Changes to the amount of Employment Allowance from 6 April 2020.

  5. Updated technical guidance has been added for employers and their agents.

  6. Reference to the 2016 to 2017 onwards rate of Employment allowance added to Employment Allowance for Employers of Care and Support Workers: further employer guidance.

  7. Changes to the amount of Employment Allowance from 6 April 2016

  8. First published.