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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Here we discuss the assistance available through the access to work scheme to help get disabled people into work and keep them in work, looking in particular at potential tax implications.

Domiciliary care workers can face some challenges when it comes to understanding their minimum wage, tax and benefit positions due to the nature of care work and the travel patterns involved. Here, we give you an overview of some of the main issues and tell you where to get more help.