Introduction to Income Tax and NICs

Introduction to Income Tax and NICs Introduction

5.2

Tax year and tax calendar...................................................................... 36

5.3

Frequency and date of payment ............................................................ 37

5.4

Tax rates and bands............................................................................... 37

5.5

Taxable income ...................................................................................... 39

5.6

Personal Allowances.............................................................................. 39

5.6.1

Marriage Allowance .................................................................................. 40

5.7

Tax codes ............................................................................................... 40

5.7.1

Sources of tax codes ................................................................................ 40

5.7.2

Code suffixes ........................................................................................... 41

5.7.3

Tax code prefixes ..................................................................................... 41

5.7.4

Other tax codes ........................................................................................ 42

5.7.5

The relevance of the numeric part of a tax code ....................................... 43

5.8

Cumulative and non-cumulative operation of PAYE ............................44

5.8.1

Cumulative operation ............................................................................... 44

5.8.2

Non-cumulative operation......................................................................... 44

5.9

Tax tables ............................................................................................... 45

5.9.1

Pay Adjustment Tables............................................................................. 46

5.9.2

Taxable Pay Tables.................................................................................. 47

5.9.3

Operation of the regulatory limit................................................................ 50

5.10

Tax refunds ............................................................................................. 51

5.11

Holiday pay paid in advance.................................................................. 51

5.12 Appendices ............................................................................................. 51 5.12.1 Abbreviations ........................................................................................... 51 5.12.2 Key dates ................................................................................................. 52 5.12.3 Key forms ................................................................................................. 52 Gross to net and the pay statement............................................ 53 6.1 The gross to net stage ........................................................................... 53 6.2 The pay statement .................................................................................. 53 6.2.1 The legal requirements............................................................................. 53 6.2.2 Additional information ............................................................................... 54 6.3 Abbreviations ......................................................................................... 55 Starters and Leavers.................................................................... 56

7.1

Mistimed payments for starters and leavers ........................................ 56

7.1.1

NICs implications ..................................................................................... 56

7.1.2

PAYE income tax implications .................................................................. 58

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