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Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
When you start work, your employer should tell you how much you’ll be paid…
Knowing how to work out your weekly pay is important because it’s used to…
If your pay or working hours vary from week to week, the calculations for…
Your employer should base your performance-related pay on clear,…
Your employer is not allowed to make deductions unless: it’s required or…
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
As an employer, you normally have to operate PAYE as part of your payroll.…
You can operate PAYE by either: paying a payroll provider to do it for you…
If you decide to run payroll yourself, you need to complete certain tasks…
You must collect and keep records of: what you pay your employees and the…
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
It is illegal for your employer to pay you below the National Living Wage, so check your pay and talk to your manager to make sure you’re getting the wages you are entitled to.
Set up a Payroll Giving scheme for your employees using PAYE - when to make deductions, costs of running the scheme, which charities are eligible and what they must do when they get the donation
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
How to report expenses and benefits you provide to employees or directors.
PAYE for employers, getting started, reporting and paying HMRC, expenses and benefits
Millions of UK workers see boost in take home pay today as cut to National Insurance shows in January’s payslip as part of plan to reward work and boost growth.
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
Information for employers about late or non-filing PAYE penalties, specified charges, inaccurate reports and how to avoid penalties in future.
Use these calculators and tax tables to check payroll tax, National Insurance contributions and student loan deductions if you're an employer.
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
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