Week 56 payments

Week 56 payments Background Most employees are entitled to a certain amount of pay before paying tax. This is called the ‘Personal Allowance’. In 2018-19 the personal allowance was £11,850. When calculating PAYE tax, the Personal Allowance is divided by the usual number of pay periods in the year in order to calculate the tax-free…

Maternity Leave

Maternity Abbreviations SMP            Statutory Maternity Pay EWC           Expected Week of Confinement – ‘week baby is due’ QW             Qualifying Week, 15th week before the baby is due LEL             Lower Earnings Limit, minimum average earnings level MAT B1       Certificate of pregnancy MPP            Maternity Pay Period KIT Days     Keep In Touch Days Proof of pregnancy Form MAT B1…

Employment Allowance

Employment Allowance for Employers of Care and Support Workers What is the change to the Employment Allowance? From 6 April 2015, employers of care and support workers can claim the Employment Allowance. This means they can reduce their Employer NICs bill by up to £5000 a year, depending on how much Employer NICs they pay.…

JMA competition winner

Thank you to all our customers who provided feedback on our recent survey. The comments have been fantastic and can be found at the bottom of our home page. The winner of our prize draw was one of our lovely customers Richard Palmer who chose to take his £50 voucher to buy some plants to…