Articles and information in relation to UK Payroll for business, employers and employees.
With the increase to employers secondary National Insurance to 15% and the lowering of the Secondary Threshold to £5,000 per annum for all payments of wages and earnings from Sunday 6th April 2025, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have published the revised National Insurance Contribution (NIC) tables to be operated. Payroll software will have been … Continue reading National Insurance Tables published for 2025/2026
The following was announced on Tuesday 21st January 2025: Automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pensions has transformed workplace pension saving for millions of workers. The Government is committed to looking at long-term steps we can take to further improve pension outcomes. I have completed this year’s annual statutory review of the thresholds within Automatic Enrolment. … Continue reading Automatic Enrolment: the Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2025/2026
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
With the increase in employers National Insurance to 15% and the increased Employment Allowance to £10,500 alongside the removal of the employers £100,000 test, employers will be looking to see how they can reduce their secondary NI liabilities and qualify for the Employment Allowance. The number of enquiries of how to claim especially for multiple … Continue reading Apprenticeship Levy and Employment Allowance – connected entities
As part of the Autumn Budget 2024 announcements, the government has confirmed that it is extending the employer NICs relief for employers hiring qualifying veterans for a further year from 6th April 2025 until 5th April 2026. NI letter V to continue for a further year This means that businesses will continue to pay no … Continue reading Veterans employer NI relief extended
Millions of people, including families, pensioners, carers and those struggling to find work are set to benefit from Autumn Budget reforms to boost work and tackle poverty. Welfare safety net will be strengthened with a new Fair Repayment Rate, an increase to benefits and an extension of vital crisis support. Carers will also see a … Continue reading DWP – Autumn Budget 2024 to drive up opportunity and drive down poverty
Dear PAYadvice.UK Yesterday [Wednesday 30th October 2024], the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, made her Autumn Budget speech and set out the government’s fiscal plans. This [communication] provides you with information on the key measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 that will be relevant to you as an agent. Tax related … Continue reading Autumn Budget 2024 – HMRC
Madam Deputy Speaker… [redacted political content] This government was given a mandate. To restore stability to our economy… … and to begin a decade of national renewal. To fix the foundations… … and deliver change. Through responsible leadership in the national interest. That is our task. And I know that we can achieve it. My … Continue reading Autumn Budget 2024 speech – 30th October 2024
According to the government, working people are the lifeblood of our economy. The government is not increasing the basic, higher or additional rates of Income Tax, National Insurance, or VAT. They state that the following are just some of the measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 that will help put more money into your … Continue reading Autumn Budget 2024: putting more money in people’s pockets
Originally started in readiness for 2021, PAYadvice.UK are constructing its popular PAYadvice Series Legislation Update 2025 for payroll. We believe that PAYadvice was the first organisation in the UK to bring together the various resources needed by payroll professional and payroll software developers in preparation for the April 2021 through April 2024 changes, even to … Continue reading Legislation updates 2025 for payroll