The tax year ends 5 April 2021, and this is the date that triggers a raft of payroll compliance activity. Here’s a quick summary of what needs to be done:
- Although there are only 52 weeks in a calendar year, occasionally, the tax year for payroll purposes extends to 53 weeks. 2020-21 is such a year. If you run a payroll, the last week for 2020-21 is week ending 5 April 2021 (week 53). Note: if you only have monthly paid staff no week 53 will apply and you can process your payroll as normal.
- You will need to process any leavers during 2020-21 before you submit your Full Payment Submission (FBS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS).
- Once processing for April 2021 is completed you can use your payroll software to process year end reports – this needs to be done on or before 19 April 2021.
Payroll chores listed in date order that will need to be completed, including reporting deadlines, are:
- 31 May 2021 – distribute P60s to staff for 2020-21
- 6 July 2021 – if you provide any taxable benefits to staff this is the deadline to submit forms P11D and P11D(b) to HMRC.
- 19 July 2021 – this is that date to pay any Class 1A NIC to HMRC based on reported benefits in kind provided for 2020-21.
And if we look after your payroll, all of these matters will be attended to in consultation with you to ensure returns are sent in on time.
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Source: Informanagement