At the end of the tax year, you will need to make your final submissions and deal with the relevant end of year documents. You will also need to get ready to start the new tax year. Here, we look at the various tasks you may have to deal with to complete the end of year process. We also look at the ...

When you take on a new employee you will need to gather some basic information from them and record it somewhere safe. You will also need to decide how often to pay them.

On this page we tell you more about how PAYE deductions work. For most employers, their PAYE deductions will be handled by their payroll software. Even those who are running their payroll manually can access help in the form of PAYE tax and National Insurance calculators. Nevertheless, if you want ...

Once you have made the decision to hire someone there are some important issues that you must think about, particularly if you become an employer. Our guidance will help you understand whether you are an employer, and if so, what you have to do.

When you hire someone, for tax purposes you need to understand whether the law sees them as your employee or sees them as self-employed. If they are your employee then you have important responsibilities, including deducting tax and National Insurance from their wages and paying the money over to ...

Here we look at some general considerations around setting yourself up as an employer – this includes providing more detail about two key aspects – registering as an employer, and your payroll filing options. You should also start planning for automatic enrolment, because as soon as you take on an ...