Tax, NICs, RTI

To access this utility, go to Employees > Select Employee from listing > Tax/NICs/RTI

PLEASE NOTE:  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTIONS ON THE PAYROLL SOFTWARE. THE INFORMATION YOU ENTER FOR EACH EMPLOYEE WILL DETERMINE THE PAYE & NIC THAT THEY WILL PAY DURING THE TAX YEAR.  

Tax Code

The payroll software will default to the tax code 1060L for tax year 15/16. Simply amend if a different tax code applies to the employee.


Week 1/ Month 1 Basis

Tick this box if HMRC specify that the employee is to be taxed on a week 1 / month 1 basis. 


National Insurance Table

The system will automatically default to National Insurance Table A. If another NI Table applies to the employee or for help with selecting the correct NI table, click 'Choose' and indicate which statements are applicable to the employee. The payroll software will then recommend the appropriate NI table to use.


Employer's NI Contributions

If the employer is not liable to employer's NIC contributions with regard to the employee, tick the box provided. 

Student Loan

If the employee is liable to Student Loan repayment deductions, tick the box provided. Enter a start date and stop date, if known. BrightPay will automatically deduct the amount according to the current Student Loan Deduction Tables in place. 


National Insurance Number

Enter the employee's National Insurance number, if known. If the employee's National Insurance number is not known, the employee's date of birth and address must be entered for RTI purposes.


Director

Tick the box provided if the employee is/ was a director with the company.

1) Enter the date on which the directorship starts and ends, if applicable. If the employee is a director from the start of the tax year there is no need to enter a start date. Similarly, if the employee will be a director until the end of the tax year there is no need to enter an end date.

2) Director's National Insurance - if the alternate method is to be used for calculating the director's NIC, tick the box provided. 


Payroll ID

BrightPay will automatically generate a payroll ID for new employees, which will subsequently be included on Full Payment Submissions to HMRC.

Please note however, if you are moving from a different payroll software provider to BrightPay and have already been processing under RTI during the tax year, you must transfer the same RTI Payroll ID for each employee. This is a unique reference and is required by HMRC to identify an employee during RTI submissions.

Contracted Hours Worked Per Week

Select the number of contracted hours the employee is expected to work per week from the drop down menu. This is an RTI requirement and should reflect the number of hours an employee is contracted to do, rather than the hours actually worked in a week.


Irregular Payment Pattern

For RTI reporting requirements, tick 'Yes' if the employee is not paid on a regular basis, for example:

• casual or seasonal employees
• employees on maternity leave
• employees on long term sick
• any employee who for any reason will not be paid for a period of three months or more.

 
NB. HMRC will check if an employee has not been paid for a certain period of time and will treat them as having left the employment. Setting this indicator on every FPS submitted for the employee will avoid this happening.

 

THE EMPLOYEE’S TAX/ NIC/RTI DETAILS ARE NOW COMPLETE. NOW SELECT THE ‘HR’ TAB TO CONTINUE TO SET UP THE EMPLOYEE’S RECORD.