Payroll guides for small businesses

Rid your business of the pain of payroll with our payroll guides for small businesses

Taking on your first employee?

Everything you need to know about taking on your first employee, from registering as an employer to employment law and PAYE.

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Payroll guides

Five HR tips for first time employers

Follow this checklist of the most important things you need to do when you take on your first employee.

How the Employment Allowance could save your business £5,000 a year

Learn about the Employment Allowance and find out if it could save your business £5,000.

What is payroll?

Head over to our accounting glossary to find out the meaning of payroll and other related terms.

What's the employer's National Insurance rate?

Find out the current rate employers have to pay towards their employee's NI on our UK tax rates tracker.

What is RTI?

RTI is short for Real Time Information and is the way you report payroll information directly to HMRC. Find out more on our accounting glossary...

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