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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…
A statement of your earnings, including overtime, bonus or commission, for the last 3 months.
The amount you earn, and how often you're paid your wages, can affect your Universal Credit.
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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.
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.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Manually calculate if your payroll software or GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
How to work out National Insurance contributions if your employee has more than 1 job.
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...
Use this guidance if your payroll software or Basic PAYE tool does not calculate your employees' payments.
If you're an employee working at sea outside of the UK check if you can claim tax relief on your earnings.
You'll only make repayments to your student loan when you earn more than the repayment threshold amount. There are different repayment thresholds for different countries.
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