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Payroll technical specifications: Income Tax

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Specification for PAYE tax table routines version 22.0 (January 2024)

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Technical specifications on Income Tax for software developers working with payroll software.

Published 1 January 2014
Last updated 9 January 2024 + show all updates
  1. The 'Specification for PAYE tax table routines' has been updated to version 22.0 (January 2024).

  2. The 'Specification for PAYE tax table routines' has been updated to version 21.0 (January 2023).

  3. The 'Specification for PAYE tax table routines' has been updated to version 20.0 (January 2022).

  4. The 'Specification for PAYE tax table routines' has been updated to version 19.0 (February 2021).

  5. The 'Specification for PAYE tax table routines' has been updated to version 18.0 (March 2020).

  6. Specification for PAYE tax table routines version 17.1 (January 2019) has been replaced by Specification for PAYE tax table routines version 17.2 (February 2019)

  7. Specification for PAYE tax table routine has been updated to version 17.1 (January 2019).

  8. Specification for PAYE tax table routine version 16.1 (February 2018) pdf added to the page.

  9. Specification for PAYE Tax Table Routines for Free of Tax Arrangements version 4.0 (May 2017) pdf updated to include information about the Scottish tax codes, rates and bandwidths.

  10. Specification for PAYE tax table routine version 15 (February 17) pdf has been updated.

  11. The specification for Pay as You Earn tax table routine has been updated.

  12. Specification for PAYE tax table routine version 15 (Oct 2016) pdf added to the page.

  13. Specification for PAYE tax table routine version 14 (February 2016) pdf added to the page.

  14. New versions of PAYE tax table routine and PAYE nominal taxable pay tables G added.

  15. First published.