Regulatory Updates
Find HMRC and The Pensions Regulator guidance on reporting, contributions and employer duties. Search by topic, then open the official source for the current details.
Official source library
HMRC’s official employer rates page brings together PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, student-loan thresholds and other payroll figures for the tax year.
Confirm payroll software and internal reference material use the current official rates. Record the date checked and investigate any configuration difference before processing.
Open official source ↗HMRC’s running-payroll guidance says the FPS should normally be sent on or before payday and should use the usual date employees are paid.
Check the payroll calendar, FPS trigger and reported payday—especially where employees are paid early because of a weekend or bank holiday.
Open official source ↗The June 2026 Employer Bulletin states that the mandatory rollout is planned in phases, beginning with specified vehicle, fuel and medical benefits from April 2027.
Create an inventory of benefits, confirm current payroll treatment and ask the payroll-software provider what must change. Use the official bulletin for the latest position.
Open official source ↗HMRC’s official CIS guidance explains the monthly return process, the deadline and the options where no subcontractor payments were made.
Review the contractor calendar, confirm who owns the return, and make nil or inactivity handling explicit so a quiet month is not mistaken for no action.
Open official source ↗TPR sets out the continuing employer responsibilities after the initial duties start date, including monitoring workers, maintaining contributions, managing requests and keeping records.
Make eligibility assessment and contribution checks part of every payroll calendar, with a defined route for join, leave and data-quality exceptions.
Open official source ↗TPR’s employer guidance covers agreeing payment dates with the provider and the legal deadline for passing deducted employee contributions to the scheme.
Reconcile payroll deductions to the provider file and payment timetable. Escalate rejected files, late funding or mismatched totals before the agreed due date.
Open official source ↗TPR explains the recurring re-enrolment process and the need to complete a re-declaration whether or not staff are put back into the scheme.
Hold the re-enrolment window and re-declaration deadline in the employer compliance calendar, with named ownership outside the normal monthly pay run.
Open official source ↗TPR’s guidance states that the re-declaration must be submitted within the applicable deadline and remains the employer’s legal responsibility even where an adviser helps.
Confirm the anniversary date, required records, responsible employer contact and evidence of submission. Do not rely on the payroll provider alone to own the legal duty.
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