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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…
Find out how to pay all or some of your grant back, make a voluntary repayment or what you need to do if you have not paid your staff enough after claiming the grant.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
As an employer operating PAYE as part of your payroll, you need to…
Record your employees’ salary or wages in your payroll software. Include…
Your payroll software will calculate how much income tax and National…
You must give your employees and your ‘workers’ a payslip on or before…
Use your payroll software to send a Full Payment Submission (FPS) to tell…
Use your payroll software to send an Employer Payment Summary (EPS) as…
Every month you have to pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): the tax and…
If you send a late Full Payment Submission (FPS) without a valid reason,…
You need to report more information on a Full Payment Submission (FPS) if:…
You can move your payday to a different day or change how often you pay…
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Find out what to put in your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) if you're paying employees through PAYE.
Find out what's different for PAYE when paying a pension recipient, commutation, lump sum arrears and other circumstances.
Find out how to spot signs of disguised renumeration tax avoidance on your payslip and get help and support.
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Tax and reporting rules for employers paying income tax on a directors' behalf
What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
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