Overview

As an employer running payroll, you need to:

• report to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on the previous tax year (which ends on 5 April) and give your employees a P60
• prepare for the new tax year, which starts on 6 April

In order to do this, you will need to

• Send your final payroll report of the year
• Update employee payroll records
• Update payroll software
• Give your employees a P60
• Report employee expenses and benefits

Send your final payroll report

Send your final Full Payment Submission (FPS) on or before your employees’ last payday of the tax year (which ends on 5 April).

Put ‘Yes’ in the ‘Final submission for year’ field in your payroll software.

If you run more than one payroll under the same PAYE scheme reference (for example for employees you pay weekly and monthly), include the end-of-year information in your last report.

You need to send extra forms if you claimed a National Insurance holiday for new employers.

When to send an Employer Payment Summary (EPS)

You should send your final report in an EPS instead of an FPS if any of the following apply:

• you forgot to put ‘Yes’ in the ‘Final submission for year’ field in your last FPS
• you did not pay anyone in the final pay period of the tax year
• you sent your final FPS early and you did not pay anyone for one or more full tax months in the last tax year

If you’re late sending your final report

You can send an FPS before 20 April.

From 20 April you can send an FPS to correct your 2018 to 2019 tax year payroll data by giving the year-to-date figures. If your software cannot send an FPS after 19 April, send an Earlier Year Update (EYU) and give the difference between your last report and the final figures for the tax year. Do not give the year-to-date figures.

If your payroll software cannot send an EYU, you can use HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools.

‘Week 53’ payments

If you pay your employees weekly, fortnightly or every 4 weeks, you might need to make a ‘week 53’ payment in your final FPS of the year.

Your payroll software will work out ‘week 53’ payments for you.

In the ‘Tax week number’ field of your FPS, put:

• ‘53’ if you pay your employees weekly
• ‘54’ if you pay them fortnightly
• ‘56’ if you pay them every 4 weeks

HMRC will send a P800 form to any employees who owe tax following a ‘week 53’ payment.

If you make a mistake

If you find a mistake in your final FPS of the year, what you need to do depends on the type of mistake and when you find it.

For part 2 in this process click here

Source: GOV.UK

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