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This course is ideal for anyone responsible for administering payrolls for schools, colleges and other education providers are faced with an additional array of contractual considerations which require a good working knowledge to successfully navigate. PAYROLL FOR EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS THE COURSE COVERS: Outline the key principles of educational establishment payrolls Summarising the current National Minimum Wage (NMW) & National Living Wage (NLW) provisions Remuneration packages for non-teachers Remuneration packages for teachers Administering Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Summarising the maternity pay and leave rules
“There were over 24 million people in full-time employment between March and May 2023, and over eight million in part-time employment. That’s a lot of payslips”
(RTI) was a milestone. It transformed processing from a standalone service which generated data after the end of the tax year to a service which allows the use of data as and when it’s generated. For example, ● HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses the real time data to improve its tax code work by projecting and calculating whether an employee is on track to pay the right amount of tax ● the Department for Work and Pensions also uses the data to calculate universal credit awards in real time. The data has also been shared with HM Courts and Tribunals Service, who have used it to improve the collection of court fines, and with The Pensions Regulator on a project to improve compliance with AE. Cashflow is the lifeblood of not just households and businesses but also governments. According to HMRC’s Post Implementation Report , RTI integrated the payroll and payments processes, allowing HMRC to deal with PAYE payments and debt more effectively and improve the flow of PAYE payments to the Exchequer. In March 2020, payrollers were a proud part of the army of people relied upon to keep working during the pandemic. Huge strides were made to move the work online and to keep the machine running from home. Ridiculous hours were worked and complicated spreadsheets were created to deal with multiple changes to the furlough rules, as payrollers leapt over the hurdles of internet speeds and frozen screens. Yet employees were still paid, and the government got its taxes. When I started working in a payroll bureau during the pandemic, I was blown away by the sheer intensity of the work. Every payroll (and sometimes every bit of information for that payroll) had the potential to turn into a full-blown exam. Except there was no question of a pass mark – you had to get it 100% right, and on time! I completed the CIPP’s online Payroll Technician course, which took me through the basics of tax codes, NICs,
pensions, statutory payments and manual calculations using tables. The training wheels really came off though when I started processing payrolls and came face to face with all the areas payroll is involved in. In 2019, the CIPP reported that payrollers deal with nearly 200 pieces of legislation. And that was before the pandemic, prior to statutory parental bereavement pay and leave coming in and before the off payroll working rules were extended to include the private sector. Did you know that of all the taxes, PAYE tax and NICs bring in the most money? That is why payrollers were, and always will be, relevant people. In fact, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that, in 2023/24, PAYE tax and NICs receipts will be £440 billion. There were over 24 million people in full-time employment between March and May 2023, and over eight million in part- time employment. That’s a lot of payslips! You probably know all this already, but sometimes it’s good just to look back and see how far we’ve travelled and over what kind of terrain. So, what’s next for payroll? Predictions are rife that payrolling benefits in kind will become mandatory, now that P11D submissions have moved online. The popularity of pay on demand also seems likely to increase, especially given the current economic climate and the cost- of-living crisis. Payroll is both operational and strategic. It spans finance and human resources and is ideally placed to make a positive contribution to any business or organisation. Whatever happens next, and whoever looks to payroll to bring in on their next project, you can be sure that the payrolling team of mechanics will have their heads under the bonnet and an oily rag to hand. And while the news headlines might go to the policymakers, let’s not forget that it’s the team with the oily rags that put them there! n
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| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
Issue 93 | September 2023
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