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Find out if voluntary National Insurance contributions will boost your State Pension.
The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service
How to pay a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA), including payment methods, reference numbers, bank details and deadlines.
How to pay taxes, penalties and enquiry settlements if you cannot find instructions in other 'paying HMRC' guides, or if your payment reference starts with X.
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Payments made outside the tax rules are classed as unauthorised and tax charges are payable.
How to report expenses and benefits you provide to employees or directors.
As a result of the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud), members may have changes to the amount of, or a new unauthorised payment.
What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
How to pay PAYE and National Insurance for employers, including Construction Industry Scheme, student loan deductions, reference numbers, bank details, deadlines and payment booklets.
How to pay a PAYE late payment or filing penalty, including payment methods, reference numbers, bank account details and deadlines.
Find out how to operate PAYE if you pay your employees with assets that can be sold or cashed in, like stocks, shares or cryptoassets.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
If you had unauthorised payments to your pension in the remedy period, find out how the public service pensions remedy (known as McCloud) could have affected these.
Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs
Find out what's different for PAYE when paying a pension recipient, commutation, lump sum arrears and other circumstances.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
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
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