Services

Use the DBS Update Service to keep your DBS check certificates up to date or check an applicant's DBS certificate (used to be called CRB checks).

Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.

How to pay PAYE and National Insurance for employers, including Construction Industry Scheme, student loan deductions, reference numbers, bank details, deadlines and payment booklets.

• Overview

  You must pay your PAYE bill to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by: the 22nd…

• Direct Debit

  You can set up a Direct Debit through your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

• Approve a payment through your online bank account

  You can pay your PAYE bill directly using your online or mobile bank…

• Make an online or telephone bank transfer

  You can make a transfer from your bank account by Faster Payments, CHAPS…

• By debit or corporate credit card online

  You can pay online. There’s a fee if you pay by corporate credit card or…

• At your bank or building society

  You need a payslip for the correct period and a payment booklet from HMRC…

• By cheque through the post

  You can send a cheque by post to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you have…

• Reference numbers for early and late payments

  You need to add 4 extra numbers to your 13-character accounts office…

• Check your payment has been received

  Check your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account - it should update…

• Tell HMRC no payment is due

  You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you have not paid any…

Enrol and use HMRC's PAYE Online service to send payroll information to HMRC, to view the balance of what you owe, and to access tax codes and notices about your employees

Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status

Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.

Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.

Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code

Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.

Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings

How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.

As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees' private use, you'll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HMRC

Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay

Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee

Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK

Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.

What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.