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Questions from our Payroll Forum
Monday, May 14th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. We are a payroll bureau and have received a court order this month, but it was actually issued in February to the client. Do I take three months’ worth [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Friday, April 13th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. I have a limited company with one director. There is no salary, only dividends, but there are benefits to declare. Is a tax reference required and is there a [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Monday, March 19th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. We have received a letter from HMRC claiming that there is an underpayment of NICs going back 20 years. We do not have these payroll records. Has anyone any [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Monday, February 27th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. Our company, registered in Scotland with the head office in Scotland has received a summons under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, which covers England and Wales only. Should [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Friday, January 27th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. An employee’s company car is unavailable for 2 weeks so he has been given use of a pool car. Does the use of this pool car have to be [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Friday, January 20th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. Is it correct that, under RTI, the leave date will have to be declared in the month that the employee leaves rather than holding the record open until the [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Friday, January 13th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. I do not have the P45 or a Statement of Earnings from my last company. I need this information for my tax return. What is the alternative? If the [...]
Questions from our Payroll Forum
Friday, January 6th, 2012The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. Is there anything to say that an employee cannot start the maternity leave period after the date that the baby is expected? How does the employee ‘make good’ the [...]
Questions from our forum 16/12/2011
Thursday, December 15th, 2011The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. Employer recovering credit card payment from employee exclusive of VAT – Is this a benefit and should it be reported on P11D? The employer pays a credit card fee [...]
Questions from our forum 12/12/2011
Thursday, December 8th, 2011The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?………… Final Month Salary Calculation An employee left on 25 February 2011 and was paid for 19 days in their final payslip. They are now querying the calculation, saying that [...]
Questions from our Forum – 05/12/11
Monday, December 5th, 2011The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?…………. Forum Post: Our client is looking to change the payday for its employees from the end of the month to the 15th. How can this be achieved so that [...]
Questions from our Forum – 28/11/11
Sunday, November 27th, 2011The following is a selection of questions that have been posted to our Forum over the past week. Can you contribute to any of the discussions?………… Forum Post An employer wants to pay a lump sum amount in respect of business mileage every month. This would be subject to tax and NICs. However, if he [...]
Questions from our Forum – 21/11/11
Friday, November 18th, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Post I have been told that I have been overpaid for the last 4 years and the company want to reduce my basic salary immediately. Do I have to repay [...]
Questions from our Forum – 14/11/11
Saturday, November 12th, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Post An employee is sick, has only been with the company a short while and is paid a net wage rather than the normal gross. Is she entitled to SSP? [...]
Questions from our Forum – 07/11/11
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Post A new employee presents two P45s. What should the employer do? I have a new employee that used to have two jobs and had their tax code split between [...]
Questions from our Forum – 24/10/11
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts Is it still a requirement that parts 2 and 3 of the P45 have to be present before the P45 can be operated? Now that most employers file online [...]
Questions from our Forum – 17/10/11
Thursday, October 13th, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts Why can’t a nanny, supplied by an agency to clients, be treated as self-employed? Why does the agency have to operate PAYE and deduct NICs? A nanny is employed [...]
Questions from our Forum – 10/10/11
Friday, October 7th, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts I would normally have received £633 for working the four weekends in September but my employer deducted £252 because I left on 19 September and did not work the [...]
Questions from our Forum – 30/09/11
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts A UK-resident, living temporarily in Serbia, has started to work for us. Can we treat him as any other UK employee or are there any special international tax/NICs rules [...]
Questions from our Forum – 26/09/11
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum Posts Do regular payments towards housing costs have to continue to be paid during maternity leave? If an employer makes a taxable and Ni-able payment towards housing costs to his [...]
