Articles and information in relation to UK Payroll for business, employers and employees.
The HMRC Software Developers Support Team (SDST) have notified software developers on a difference in this year Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uprating order to prior practice and original expectations. Under a notice issued to developers ‘Payroll 2026-27: Correction to uprating dates for certain Statutory Parental Pay entitlements’, the SDST have provided the following: … Continue reading Statutory Payments uprating error
HMRC have issued the following (edited) information on Wednesday 21st January 2026, effective for payments from 6th April 2026. Dear PAYadvice.UK, Change to Small Employers Relief rate Employers can currently reclaim 92% of employees’ Statutory Maternity, Statutory Paternity, Statutory Adoption, Statutory Parental Bereavement, Statutory Neonatal Care and Statutory Shared Parental Pay. If a business has … Continue reading Small Employers Relief increased to 9%
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
I have concluded my statutory annual review of …. benefit rates under the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The new rates will apply in the tax year 2026-27, with most increases coming into effect from 6 April 2026. …. benefit rates covered by my statutory review will be increased by 3.8%, in line with the … Continue reading April 2026 Statutory payment rates announced
Government has launched a full review of parental leave and pay, to better support working families and help children get the best start in life Full review of parental leave and pay to better support working families and help children get the best start in life Review will look at all types of leave – … Continue reading Review of Parental Leave
Dear PAYadvice.UK HMRC have issued the June 2025 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. The June edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on: PAYE Settlement Agreement calculations 2024 to 2025 organised labour fraud — the supply of labour through Employment Intermediaries mandating the … Continue reading June 2025 Employer Bulletin
PAYadvice.UK sees a number of social posts and questions around the effective payroll dates when crossing from the 2024/2025 tax year into the new 2025/2026 tax year. Most recently have related to poor business planning by some employers on the impacts of National Insurance increases relating to work undertaken in March 2025 or earlier which … Continue reading Payroll dates – what affects what?
HM Revenue and Customs have issued a notification to software developers on Tuesday 28th January 2025 of an increase compensation payment for statutory payments. Apparently HM Treasury had recently consulted on an area of Statutory Payment policy which will impact payroll software. Who they consulted with is not clear and any consideration of developer needs … Continue reading Statutory payment small employer compensation increase to 8.5%
Monday 20th January 2021, the government has laid regulations to implement Neonatal Care Leave and Pay. Subject to parliamentary approval, the regulations will come into force on 6th April 2025. The regulations implement the main provisions of the new entitlement. Specifically: The Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations implement a new entitlement for employed parents … Continue reading Regulations for Neonatal Care Leave and Pay laid
HMRC have issued the October 2024 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. Introduction In this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there are important updates and information on: PAYE introduction of a new statutory allowance from April 2025 — Statutory Neonatal Care Pay … Continue reading October 2024 Employer Bulletin
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