I am helping out a company with their year end payroll but looking at their documentation have realised that there is hardly any information.
It has all been worked out by hand, sometimes just paid gross with no tax and ni taken, other times i have the net total but no idea what the gross figure is or how its been worked out. On top of this they dont seem to have all the employee information such as start date, end date, NI number etc for the employees that they have used throughout the year.
My question is how on earth can this information be submitted to HMRC online?? where do i start??
Well you're definitely nowhere near submitting it online! Was everyone paid via the bank account, could you use this to get a list of the net payments together and then work backwards? I'd probably start on a spreadsheet of putting in all the information (gross, tax, ni, er ni, net) that I do know and then start working on filling in the blanks.
What a mess though, they could get in serious trouble for running a payroll this badly.
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Hi Setmoa, oh no I do sympathise. It makes you wonder what payments have been made to HMRC through the year too :(
If I were you I'd run the whole year again from April 10 through a decent bit of payroll software. You didn't mention if you use a system but I've seen 12pay and moneysoft recommended frequently. At least then you'll know if you have the correct figures to return.
Another concern is payslips - is your client complying with the Wages Act? Again if you're running the whole year through again, it might be a good idea to print a pile of payslips to make sure they're covered.
Finally, charge them a decent rate for your work! Good luck Amanda
Hi Setmoa, oh no I do sympathise. It makes you wonder what payments have been made to HMRC through the year too :(
If I were you I'd run the whole year again from April 10 through a decent bit of payroll software. You didn't mention if you use a system but I've seen 12pay and moneysoft recommended frequently. At least then you'll know if you have the correct figures to return.
Another concern is payslips - is your client complying with the Wages Act? Again if you're running the whole year through again, it might be a good idea to print a pile of payslips to make sure they're covered.
Finally, charge them a decent rate for your work! Good luck Amanda
If they are this disorganised with their wages it's probably best to get payment terms agreed before you start (if you haven't already done so) just in case they become as disorganised when it comes to paying you.
They could end up using any fine they get for not submitting properly by the 19th May as an excuse not to pay you.
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