Payroll 2026-27: Allowances, Rates and Thresholds from April 2026 Dear PAYadvice.UK Following the Autumn Budget of 26 Ltd November 2025, we can confirm the following information for payroll 2026-27. Where details are not currently known, these are marked as TBA. We will provide a further update as soon as we can. We will also provide … Continue reading HMRC confirm most of the 2026/2027 values for software
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Employer Bulletin: October 2025
HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. Some of these topics have already been covered by PAYadvice.UK in articles and blogs and further articles and blogs may now additionally be published. The October edition of Employer Bulletin includes … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: October 2025
Freeport and Investment Zones – report the postcode on FPS
Freeport and Investment Zone special tax sites — employer National Insurance contributions relief guidance update From 6th April 2025, eligible employers operating in a designated special tax site who wish to claim the employer National Insurance contributions relief will be required to provide the workplace postcode for each eligible employee within the RTI (Real Time Information) Full … Continue reading Freeport and Investment Zones – report the postcode on FPS
NI letters B, E, I, T – gender and birth date matching (Married Women’s and Widows reduced rate)
Check if you need to amend your payroll for female employees who pay less National Insurance Married women’s and widows’ reduced rate of National Insurance HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as part of the April 2025 employer bulletin has provided reminders and further details to guidance to help employers check the eligibility of employees who … Continue reading NI letters B, E, I, T – gender and birth date matching (Married Women’s and Widows reduced rate)
April 2025 Employer Bulletin
Dear PAYadvice.UK HMRC have issued the April 2025 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE new rates of the National Minimum Wage changes to company size thresholds for … Continue reading April 2025 Employer Bulletin
Payroll and the importance of postcodes
UK Postcodes The UK postcode is a combination of between five and seven letters and numbers which define four different levels of geographic unit. It is part of a coding system created and used by the Royal Mail across the United Kingdom for sorting mail. The postcodes are an abbreviated form of address, which enable … Continue reading Payroll and the importance of postcodes
February 2025 Employer Bulletin
HMRC have issued the February 2025 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE end of year reporting employers PAYE and Construction Industry Scheme repayments basic PAYE Tools — new release … Continue reading February 2025 Employer Bulletin
December 2024 Employer Bulletin
HMRC have issued the December 2024 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE employer National Insurance contributions and Employment Allowance changes announced at Autumn Budget 2024 automatic enrolment … Continue reading December 2024 Employer Bulletin
PAYE RTI 2025-2026: technical pack published
Issued Wednesday 25th September 2024 Dear PAYadvice.UK, I am pleased to advise that the 2025-26 RTI technical pack for internet submissions is now available on GOV.UK at Real Time Information support for software developers. Software Developer Support Team HMRC CDIO EPS | Enterprise Integration Services So what are the changes? The changes for the April 2025 tax … Continue reading PAYE RTI 2025-2026: technical pack published
April 2025 RTI changes latest
The HMRC Software Developers Support Team (SDST) have issued an update on the RTI changes for April 2025. The following is a brief summary based on the information issued: Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) As indicated on 3rd June 2024, to support SNCP there will be one new data item in the Full Payment Submission … Continue reading April 2025 RTI changes latest
Mandating postcode provision for Freeports and Investment Zones – April 2025
The government has announced that it intends to bring forward a legislative change to mandate employers operating in a Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site to provide their employee’s workplace postcode to HMRC if they are claiming the relevant secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions (NICs) relief through their payroll, in due course. The relief is … Continue reading Mandating postcode provision for Freeports and Investment Zones – April 2025
Payroll 2024-25: Allowances, Rates and Thresholds from 6 April 2024
HM Revenue and Customs Software Developers Support Team have issued the following Monday 4th December 2023 and then updated further with the Scottish and Welsh budgets on Wednesday 20th December 2024. Dear PAYadvice.UK Following Scottish and Welsh Budget announcements we can provide the following Income Tax information for 2024-25. Details for England and Northern Ireland … Continue reading Payroll 2024-25: Allowances, Rates and Thresholds from 6 April 2024
First Freeports launched
The United Kingdom’s first Freeports in Plymouth, Solent, and Teesside are now fully up and running after receiving final government approval. Teesside, Plymouth and South Devon and Solent Freeports fully operational after final government sign off Up to £25 million in seed funding from Government will be released to turbocharge development in each Freeport Freeports … Continue reading First Freeports launched
Legislation updates 2023 for payroll
Following the successful Legislation update for 2021 and then 2022 for payroll by PAYadvice.UK with 20 thousand hits and downloads since its launch at the beginning of 2021 - PAYadvice.UK are constructing its PAYadvice Series Legislation Update 2023 for payroll. We believe that PAYadvice was the first organisation in the UK to bring together the … Continue reading Legislation updates 2023 for payroll
April 2022 HMRC Employer Bulletin
HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. In April 2032edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE PAYE Settlement Agreements deadline Electronic payment deadline falls on a weekend Classification of company cars or … Continue reading April 2022 HMRC Employer Bulletin
February 2022 HMRC Employer Bulletin
HMRC publishes their Employer Bulletin online 6 times a year, providing employers and agents with the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. In the February 2022 edition there are important updates and information on: PAYE Basic PAYE Tools ― new release Changes to our Employer Helpline processes Health and Social Care … Continue reading February 2022 HMRC Employer Bulletin
HMRC December 2021 Employer Bulletin
HMRC have issued the December 2021 Employer Bulletin, again, packed full with information. In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on the following: PAYE Health and Social Care – National Insurance contribution increaseNational Insurance holiday for employers of veteransReporting benefits and expenses in real-timeEmployers using Category M National … Continue reading HMRC December 2021 Employer Bulletin
Software Developers HMRC NI Guidance 2022/2023 EB5 (updated to reflect the Spring Statement 2022)
The HMRC Software Support Team (SDST) have issued the National Insurance Contributions guidance for software developers. 6th April 2022 - 5th July 2022 Originally issued in January 2022 and intended to be applicable for the full tax year, NI plans changed by announcement at the governments Spring Statement 2022. This first version now relates to … Continue reading Software Developers HMRC NI Guidance 2022/2023 EB5 (updated to reflect the Spring Statement 2022)
Legislation update 2022 for payroll
Following the successful Legislation update 2021 for payroll by PAYadvice.UK with 19,500 hits and downloads since its launch at the beginning of 2021, following the UK budget on 27th October trigger and confirming a number of payroll changes for April 2022, along with announcement by States of Guernsey and States of Jersey - PAYadvice.UK have … Continue reading Legislation update 2022 for payroll
Real Time Information internet submissions: 2022 to 2023 technical specifications published
HMRC have published the Real Time Information (RTI) Rules and Interface Management (RIM) artefacts and supporting technical specifications for software developers RTI 2022/2023 PAYadvice.UK 11/8/2021
Freeports Employer NICs Relief (FENR)
HM Revenue & Customs Software Developers Support Team (SDST) has issued briefing notes for developers in relation to changes for the April 2022 introduction of Freeports Employer NICs Relief (FENR). For the 2022/2023 tax year a new NIC category letters ‘F’, 'I', 'S' and 'L' are introduced. Initial analysis of the requirements indicates that payroll … Continue reading Freeports Employer NICs Relief (FENR)




















