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Find out how to get HMRC PAYE forms including P45, P60, starter checklist (which replaced the P46), P11D.
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
Use form SC3 if you're an employee, become a birth parent and need to apply to your employer for Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Leave.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
How to pay a PAYE late payment or filing penalty, including payment methods, reference numbers, bank account details and deadlines.
Find HMRC-recognised payroll software to manage your Real Time Information (RTI) PAYE payments and deductions.
What to do when you disagree with a tax decision (HMRC1) - appealing against a decision, getting a review by HMRC and reasonable excuses.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA) allow employers to make an annual payment to HRMC for some types of expenses and benefits - apply, renew, deadlines
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
Use form P11D WS2 and P11D WS2b if you're an employer and need to work out the cash equivalent of providing car and fuel benefit to an employee.
End-of-year tasks, P60 form, report expenses and benefits, send last FPS to HMRC, prepare for new tax year.
Use the online service or an email to apply for advance of statutory parental, paternal, adoption and maternity pay.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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