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johns


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I have been bookkeeping for a client for about 4 months, and before I started they had not claimed any Employers Allowance.

They are a small company and their NIC Employers liability will be no where near £2000 by April.

I would like to know what is the best way that I can claim what they didn't claim before I started? 

Thanks in advance

John

 

 



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MarkS


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You dont claim anything under Employer Allowance, you just dont pay the first £2k of ER NIC due.

If they have already paid over ER NIC then you can reclaim it back.



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Hi John
I understand that you would need to contact HMRC to reclaim any unused - www.gov.uk/claim-employment-allowance

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Depending on what software you're using (I'm using Sage Payroll), there may be an option to tick to say that the company is eligible for Employer's Allowance, which will result in an e-submission to HMRC to inform them that they are eligible. You may need to do that for future submissions as well as contacting HMRC to claim back past payments.

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As an addendum to this thread, from April 2016 companies where the director is the only employee will be excluded from the allowance.

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