• Monday Motivation: new ruling says overtime affects holiday pay

    Last week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal made a significant ruling about overtime and how it affects holiday pay. In other news, banking is under review. And there’s news that stress is the main cause of absence at work - we look at how your business…
  • does anyone know how SAGE handles a Direct Earnings Attachment please?

    I've received a letter from DWP re DEA and although calculation seems straightforward, mechanisms of payment seem separate to payroll return process. Is this right does anyone know? cheers
  • How do I enter wages for a previous year for a new payroll client?

    I have a new payroll client who has one employee who commenced employment in August 2014 but the employer was unaware of the RTI rules. His employee was paid above the LEL but under the NI threshold so there are no deductions to report but he should have…
  • tax code increases

    Are there standard global increases for tax code suffixes/prefixes for the start of the 2016/7 tax year?
  • AE pension contributions being deducted before tax calculation on non salary sacrifice pension scheme

    I have a client whose AE pension contributions started on 1st April 2016 and I have noticed that the tax on the wages is being calculated after the pension contributions have been deducted. I am not sure that this is correct as it is not a salary sacrifice…
  • Apprentices

    I am currently setting up a new payroll for a client who has two apprentices. I notice that there is now an "apprentices" box on the new employee wizard to tick. What effect does this have as I have some existing clients who employ apprentices but this…