Your End of Year Payroll Checklist
March 30, 2021Categorised in: Laws & Regulations, News, Payroll
The end of the payroll year is quickly approaching, but it doesn’t need to be stressful! Processing can be done with peace of mind with a bit of forward planning.
To help you prepare and process year-end, our Payroll Supervisor Anna Kowalska has prepared a checklist of 8 key things you need to do:
1 – Make sure your P60s are ready
On the 5th April 2021, all employees working with you on the final day of the tax year need to receive a P60 from you by the 31st May 2021 – which summarises their pay and deductions for the year
2 – Process holidays over the transition
If any employees are on holiday over the year-end, only process their holiday up to the 5th April 2021. Anything after this date can be processed in week one of the new tax year.
3 – Check whether your payroll ends on week 52 or 53
If the pay date falls on the 5th April 2021, it’s important to check whether your payroll ends on week 52 or week 53. But don’t stress, if your employees are paid monthly, you won’t have a week 53, so continue as normal.
If you pay some or all of your employees on a weekly, fortnightly, or four weekly basis, you don’t have a week 53 if your normal pay rate falls on the 5th April 2021. However, you do have a week 53 if any of these mean your normal pay date falls on the 5th April 2021. If this is the case, you just need to complete your payroll for 5th April 2021 by your normal means before processing your year-end.
4 – Process any leavers
If any workers have left your employment, it’s important to process them as leavers before you submit your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS).
5 – Submit your final FPS
You can send your final FPS (and EPS if required) once you have checked when your payroll ends, processed the final payroll, and made any amendments to leavers.
You would need to process your final pay period and submit your last FPS for your final pay period as part of the preparation. Your year-end processing is done via an internet submission, and the deadline for this is the 19th April 2021.
In the final pay period, there is no difference to the FPS and EPS, so you can submit them as normal.
6 – Process your year-end and make your final submission
Your processing date needs to be set up for the 5th April 2021 ready for you to process your year-end and make your final submission for the 2020/21 tax year.
You can then produce your P60s, which employees need to receive by the 31st May 2021.
7 – Report your expenses and benefits
You will need to submit a P11D form to HMRC for each employee you’ve provided with expenses or benefits. You must report expenses and benefits to HMRC by the 6th July 2021. To find out more about expenses and benefits, visit the government website here.
8 - Update tax codes, national minimum wage, and thresholds for the new tax year
Make sure you are familiar with the rates and thresholds for 2021-2022 and make updates where necessary. To find out more, visit here
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