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How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Use form SC3 if you're an employee, become a birth parent and need to apply to your employer for Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Leave.
Find out how to get HMRC PAYE forms including P45, P60, starter checklist (which replaced the P46), P11D.
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA) allow employers to make an annual payment to HRMC for some types of expenses and benefits - apply, renew, deadlines
What to do when you disagree with a tax decision (HMRC1) - appealing against a decision, getting a review by HMRC and reasonable excuses.
Find HMRC-recognised payroll software to manage your Real Time Information (RTI) PAYE payments and deductions.
How to pay a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA), including payment methods, reference numbers, bank details and deadlines.
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Use form P11D WS2 and P11D WS2b if you're an employer and need to work out the cash equivalent of providing car and fuel benefit to an employee.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
Use the online service if you're an employer to apply for an advance of statutory maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental pay. If you're an agent, you will need to email the forms.
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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