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The Autumn Statement 2023

The Autumn Statement 2023

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 23rd November decreased employee’s National Insurance from 12% to 10%.  This will come into effect from the 06th January 2024.  This is undeniably a benefit to employees, but before we get excited about additional take home pay for...

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How is tax calculated?

How is tax calculated?

Being a payroll person, logic and patterns are part of my day to day. So, when patterns begin to appear in other ways, I don’t ignore them. Recently I‘ve been asked (on multiple occasions) to explain how tax deductions have been …

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Payroll Changes 2022/23 Tax Year

Payroll Changes 2022/23 Tax Year

As we go into the 2022-23 tax year, it’s a good time to look at what’s changed for payroll for the coming year.  The usual adjustments are to national minimum wage, tax codes and thresholds for national insurance.  I’ve covered these topics below, along with a couple...

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A 53 Week Payroll Year

A 53 Week Payroll Year

A 53 Week Payroll Year! – WHAT? That’s a blog title that I would imagine has many people scratching their heads!The blog could easily have been entitled ‘A 27 Fortnight Payroll Year’ which is no less confusing. So let’s first look at how this might happen.My example...

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Why I Do What I Do

Why I Do What I Do

Around three years ago I wrote a blog that was based on the idea of why I do what I do. Lots of friends think I’m an accountant (only partly! and I don’t take the work on) and when I say I run payroll, I tend to get an ‘Oh, ONLY payroll…?’ And it got me thinking again...

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What’s New For Payroll in 2019-20

What’s New For Payroll in 2019-20

We’re less than 2 months away from the start of the new financial year, so it’s the right time to take a look at what’s new for 2019-20.It’s a little bit number heavy but the tables giving comparison with last years percentages and thresholds making it easier to pick...

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Back to Basics – National Insurance

Back to Basics – National Insurance

This is part of a series of 3 ‘Back to Basics’ blogs to help employers talk to their employees about payroll, and to answer their initial questions about how their pay has been calculated. This blog focuses on national insurance – what it is, how it’s calculated, and...

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Back to Basics – Tax Codes?

Back to Basics – Tax Codes?

This is part of a series of 3 ‘Back to Basics’ blogs to help employers talk to their employees about payroll, and to answer their initial questions about how their pay has been calculated. This blog focuses on tax codes – what they are, how they’re created, and what...

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Annual Leave and Pay 2018

Annual Leave and Pay 2018

Annual Leave Holiday leave and pay is a topic that most businesses have been very aware of lately with the long school summer break and parents taking time out of the business for family holidays. But, as an employer, what are your responsibilities in relation to...

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Apprenticeship Levy

Apprenticeship Levy

One of the few payroll ‘hot topics’ I’ve never written about is Apprenticeship Levy. Mostly because the clients I work with are not going to be subject to it. But I’m sure there are quite a few small businesses that do wonder what it is and whether they are. So, I’ve...

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