Guidance

Help and support for employing people

Use HMRC videos and webinars to get help if you're an employer.

Published 6 October 2017
Last updated 9 December 2020 — see all updates
From:
HM Revenue & Customs

Available webinars are listed by subject and can last up to an hour.

To attend an upcoming live webinar, register and sign in at least 5 minutes before it starts.

You can ask your host questions during live webinars using the on-screen text box.

Regular updates from HMRC

Sign up for the employer email alert service to receive important updates from HMRC, it will also tell you when a new employer bulletin is available.

Getting started as an employer

Watch YouTube videos about:

Use the online guide on becoming an employer to find out about:

  • taking on staff
  • running a payroll
  • sick pay and end-of-year tasks
  • what to do when an employee leaves

Employer filing obligations

Watch a catch up webinar about employer filing obligations.

Use this webinar to find out how and when to send HMRC:

  • a full payment submission
  • an employer payment summary

Expenses and benefits

Company cars, vans and fuel

Watch a catch up webinar about company cars, vans and fuel.

Use this webinar to find out about:

  • what records to keep
  • information to report to HMRC

Employees with more than one workplace

Watch a catch up webinar about the workplace and travel.

Use this webinar to find out about:

  • employee travel to different types of workplace such as a temporary workplace
  • the effect this has on tax and National Insurance

Employee travel

Watch a catch up webinar about employee travel.

Use this webinar to find out about:

  • travel and subsistence payments
  • mileage payments for employees using their own vehicle

Phones, internet and homeworking

Watch a catch up webinar about phones, internet and homeworking.

Use this webinar to find out about:

  • a mobile phone
  • an internet connection
  • homeworking expenses

Trivial benefits

Watch a catch up webinar about trivial benefits to find out what is meant by trivial benefits and the conditions that have to be met.

This is part of our expenses and benefits range of webinars for employers. It provides an overview of trivial benefits, including:

  • what is a trivial benefit
  • what conditions have to be met to be exempt from reporting to HMRC
  • examples of trivial benefits scenarios
  • what your responsibilities are

Social functions and parties

Watch a catch up webinar about social functions and parties.

Use this webinar to find out about tax and National Insurance when providing social functions for your employees.

Payroll

Watch a YouTube video about setting up your payroll.

Getting payroll information right

Watch a catch up webinar about getting payroll information right to find out how to give HMRC accurate information.

This webinar is for employers. It shows you how to provide accurate information to HMRC and avoid common payroll mistakes. This will save you time as you will have fewer enquiries from your employees and HMRC.

Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll

Register for the next live webinar about payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll.

Watch a catch up webinar about payrolling - tax employee benefits through payroll.

Payrolling makes it easier for employees to see they’re paying the right amount of tax. It also makes it easier for employers as they will not have to send in a P11D for payrolled benefits.

We’ll show you how to register for payrolling and what happens once you have registered, using examples.

P11D – how to complete your 2019 to 2020 return

Watch a catch up webinar about the P11D and how to complete your 2019 to 2020 return

This webinar will cover:

  • which employees need a P11D
  • the P11D and when to submit it
  • taxable expenses and benefits
  • National Insurance contributions
  • how to correct a P11D

The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage

Catch up with the latest videos to find out more about the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage, and how to check you’re paying it correctly.

Watch YouTube videos about:

In our bite sized presentation series we aim to help employers avoid common errors. Each video is under 10 minutes long and covers a particular type of error.

Watch YouTube videos about:

Use the paying your workers the minimum wage online guide to find out more about the:

  • National Minimum Wage
  • National Living Wage

Statutory pay

Statutory Sick Pay

Use the Statutory Sick Pay online guide to find out more about:

  • who can get Statutory Sick Pay
  • calculating and paying Statutory Sick Pay
  • what to do if an employee is not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay
  • company sick pay
  • Statutory Sick Pay and holidays
  • managing sick leave
  • keeping records

Watch a catch up webinar about Statutory Sick Pay.

Find out about:

  • what happens when an employee is off sick
  • deciding when to pay Statutory Sick Pay
  • how to calculate Statutory Sick Pay

Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay

Watch a catch up webinar about Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay.

You’ll find out about:

  • pay for employees who’ve had or are having a baby
  • what payments you can make
  • how to calculate payments

Responsibilities when your business grows

Starting a limited company

Watch a catch up webinar about HMRC and Companies House working together for you.

This webinar is for people who are starting, or considering starting a limited company. It gives an overview of:

  • how to register the company (incorporation)
  • directors’ responsibilities to Companies House
  • directors’ responsibilities to HMRC
  • where you can find further help and guidance

How you can help savers avoid scams

Watch a catch up webinar for how you can help savers avoid scams.

This webinar, for employers and tax agents, provides information on pension scams, how they work, who is at risk and what the warning signs are.

HMRC and Health and Safety Executive working together for you

Watch a catch up webinar about HMRC and the Health and Safety Executive working together for you.

Watch this webinar to learn about:

  • health and safety – find answers to typical questions
  • taking on new employees as your business grows
Published 6 October 2017
Last updated 9 December 2020 + show all updates

  1. New webinar added: How you can help savers avoid scams

  2. Links to register for the next live webinar have been removed from company cars, vans and fuel and employees with more than one workplace. A link to register for the next live webinar for employee travel has been added.

  3. We have updated the live webinar links for, 'company cars, vans and fuel benefits', 'employees with more than one workplace' and 'payrolling - tax employee benefits'. We have removed sections on registering for the webinar from, 'Employee travel', 'phones, internet and homeworking' and 'Employer filing obligations'.

  4. A webinar has been added for Phones, internet and homeworking.

  5. Links to register for the next live webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel benefits and employee travel have been added.

  6. New recorded webinars for 'expenses and benefits for employers - phones, internet and homeworking' and 'Payrolling - tax employee benefits through payroll' have been added.

  7. A new webinar for 'expenses and benefits for employers - phones, internet and homeworking' has been added.

  8. A new webinar for 'Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll' has been added.

  9. A new webinar has been added about how to complete your 2019-2020 P11D return

  10. The video links within the payroll section have been updated. The penalties section and video have been removed.

  11. Live webinar links updated with recordings of sessions.

  12. A new online guide on Paying your workers the minimum wage has been added for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.

  13. A new webinar has been added about the National Minimum Wage.

  14. New webinars have been added for 'employer filing obligations', 'company cars, vans and fuel', 'employee travel', 'trivial benefits', 'social functions and parties', 'getting payroll information right', 'payrolling – tax employee benefits', 'Statutory Sick Pay', 'Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay' and 'HMRC and Health and Safety Executive'.

  15. The webinar links for Employer filing obligations, Company cars, vans and fuel, Employees with more than one workplace, Employee travel, Phones, internet and homeworking, Trivial benefits, Social functions and parties, Getting payroll information right, Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay, Responsibilities when your business grows have been updated.

  16. The video links within sections for payroll, national living wage and penalties have been updated.

  17. The webinars about employee travel, trivial benefits, social functions and parties, payrolling - tax employee benefits through payroll, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay have been updated.

  18. The webinar about 'HMRC and Health and Safety Executive (HSE)' has been removed.

  19. The webinar links for ‘Employee travel’, ‘Phones, internet and homeworking’, ‘Social functions and parties’, ‘Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll’ and ‘Statutory pay’ have been updated.

  20. The webinars for employee travel, social functions and parties for your employees and Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay have been updated.

  21. The webinar for payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll has been added

  22. The webinar for HMRC and Companies House working together for you has been added.

  23. Webinars for 'Company cars, vans and fuel' and 'Employees with more than one workplace' have been added.

  24. This page has been updated to include a link to a webinar that covers the most common entries on the end of year expenses & benefits return (P11D).

  25. The The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage webinars have been updated.

  26. Webinars have been added for annual reporting and tasks, and social functions and parties.

  27. Webinars for 'Employers - whats new for 2019-2020' and YouTube videos for National Minimum Wage have been added.

  28. A bite sized webinar on accommodation and the National Minimum Wage has been added.

  29. Webinars for 'Unpaid working time and the National Minimum Wage', 'Employer filing obligations', 'Expenses and benefits', 'Payroll', 'Statutory Pay' and 'Responsibilities when your business grows' have been added and the webinar for 'Employment Status' has been removed.

  30. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage have been added.

  31. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.

  32. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.

  33. Webinars for employee travel and responsibilities when your business grows and the workplace and travel have been added.

  34. Webinars for PAYE: end of year expenses and benefits has been updated.

  35. Webinars about getting started as an employer, payrolling and the the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.

  36. Webinars for expenses and benefits, PAYE end of year expenses, payroll, national living wage and statutory pay have been updated.

  37. The latest webinars about penalties, expenses and benefits, travel and subsistence, entertaining staff and Statutory Sick Pay have been added, as well as details of a new webinar about managing sick leave and Statutory Sick Pay.

  38. New webinars about expenses and benefits and your responsibilities when your business grows have been added.

  39. The webinars for 'what’s new for 2018' and 'employer filing obligations' have been re-recorded because of important new information affecting employers.

  40. The latest webinars about reporting PAYE to HMRC, employer filing obligations, phones, internet and homeworking and trivial benefits have been added.

  41. The latest webinars about what's new for 2018, company vans and payrolling benefits in kind have been added.

  42. The latest webinars about The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.

  43. The latest available webinars have been added for expenses and benefits, payrolling benefits in kind and company cars and fuel.

  44. Register for the next live HMRC and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) joint webinar about managing sick leave and statutory sick pay.

  45. Register for the next live webinar about the National Living wage and the National Minimum wage.

  46. First published.

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