• I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've just had an email about the payroll year end update being mandatory from Monday. Does this mean I won't be able to get in my program without installing it? Why do they keep making them mandatory

    I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I've just had an email about the payroll year end update being mandatory from Monday. Does this mean I won't be able to get in my program without installing it? Why do they keep making them mandatory?
  • What is a week 53?

    In my experience of supporting payroll customers, week 53 is a bit of a strange phenomenon. Those people who have one, don’t want one, and some people who haven’t got one, actually want one “because my friend has one”! The simple reason we even have…
  • Employment Allowance n/a

    I am not sure whether I sent the EPS at the beginning of the tax year 2015/16. I have the box ticked for eligible for employment allowance and have claimed it during tax periods 1 & 2. When I run the year end report (Employer Payment Summary) it give…
  • Happy new tax year!

    It’s already here – 6 April sees the start of the 2016/2017 tax year, and with that comes a whole host of new legislation: The usual tax code changes (standard tax code is 1100L this year) An increase in employment allowance to £3000 Scottish…
  • Employment allowance - Up to £3000 free in the new tax year!

    Most businesses and charities have been benefitting from the Government’s employment allowance for the past couple of years now. It was introduced in 2014 and has given businesses the opportunity to reduce their employer NI contributions by up to £2000…
  • tax code increases

    Are there standard global increases for tax code suffixes/prefixes for the start of the 2016/7 tax year?