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The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
You pay National Insurance contributions to qualify for certain benefits…
You have a National Insurance number to make sure your National Insurance…
The class you pay depends on your employment status and how much you earn.…
The amount of National Insurance you pay depends on your employment status…
National Insurance contributions count towards the benefits and pensions…
Your benefits could be affected if there are gaps in your National…
You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you: change your personal…
What your P45, P60 or P11D form is for, and how to get a copy if you cannot get it from your employer or have lost it.
If you’re an employee, your employer tells you about your taxable income…
When you leave a job, your employer should give you a P45 form that tells…
Your P60 shows the tax you’ve paid on your salary in the tax year (6 April…
Your employer might submit a P11D to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if…
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
What company benefits you pay tax on - including company cars, low-interest loans and accommodation, and what company benefits are tax-free, such as childcare
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Check if you’ll pay tax or National Insurance on the 'termination payment' you may get when leaving a job.
Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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