Advice Team Events
If you are an employer
Do it online for employers presentations
These presentations will tell you all about sending employee starter and leaver forms and Employer Annual Returns online.
They are free and will help you to:
- understand your online filing obligations
- tell you about the online filing benefits
- find out which forms you will have to send online and when
- register and enrol for our PAYE Online for Employers - Internet service
- know how to get more help if you need it when you are doing it online.
Guide to filing PAYE forms online and paying electronically
Paying your employees - based on the Employers CD-ROM
We will show you how:
- to calculate tax and National Insurance using the employer CD-ROM
- to use P45/P46 for new employees and leavers
- to register for Online services and
- where to get help when you need it
Becoming a Director - A Brief Guide to Tax, NIC and VAT
We cover:
- definition and role of a Director
- PAYE
- dividends
- Expenses and Benefits
- VAT obligations to HMRC
- Corporation Tax
- record keeping
- penalties
- using Online services
- CD-ROM presentation
Paying expenses and giving benefits to your employees
We cover:
- the most common types of expenses and benefits
- any tax and National Insurance you may have to pay
Dealing with Expenses & Benefits
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
We cover:
- an overview of SSP
- establishing SSP Entitlement
- establishing when not entitled to SSP
- paying SSP
- recovering SSP
- record keeping
- Online services
Statutory Sick Pay : an overview
Statutory Payments
We cover the conditions relating to maternity, paternity and adoption:
- pay and leave
- record keeping
- Online services
Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Sickness
Completing your Employer Annual Return (P35)
We cover:
- an overview of the end of year process
- preparing for annual returns
- online services
- finalising the P11 Deductions Working Sheet or equivalent record
- sending P14s and P35s online from the Employers CD-ROM
- completing the P14
- completing the P35
- paying any under/overpayments due at the end of the year
- amending your return using PAYE online for employers
(this workshop generally runs from February to mid May)
Expenses and Benefits and completing your End of Year Returns (P11D)
We cover:
- an overview of expenses and benefits
- dispensations
- PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA’s)
- an introduction to P9D/P11D
- form P11D
- Class 1A National Insurance and form P11D(b)
- employers obligations
- Online services
(this workshop generally runs from March to June)
Calculating National Insurance contributions for Directors
We cover:
- an introduction to NICs
- calculating directors NICs on a cumulative basis
- calculating directors NICs using the alternative arrangements
- calculating directors NICs for a director appointed part way through the year
- Online services
If you are self-employed
If you are newly self-employed, or considering becoming self-employed, we strongly recommend you consider attending a Becoming Self-Employed workshop prior to attending a Self Assessment for the Self-Employed workshop
Becoming self-employed
We cover:
- registering your self-employment
- NICs for the self-employed
- keeping business records for tax/NICs purposes
- tax returns
- partnerships
- Online services
Self assessment for self-employed people
We cover:
- an overview of the tax return
- self-employment pages of the tax return
- Class 2 and Class 4 NICs
- calculating tax and Class 4 NICs
- paying tax and Class 4 NICs
- Online services
Please note Becoming Self-Employed and Self Assessment for the Self-Employed are not applicable to Directors of Limited Companies.
If you work in the construction industry
The Construction Industry Scheme presentation - for contractors and subcontractors
We cover:
- an overview of CIS
- registering for CIS
- CIS Online
- employment status
- verification
- paying subcontractors
- the monthly return CIS30
- payments to HMRC
If you run a company
Setting up a Limited Company
This will be useful if you are about to, or have recently set up a Limited Company.
We cover:
- an overview of limited companies
- what is a limited company
- how to form a private limited company
- your obligations to Companies House and HM Revenue & Customs
- VAT obligations
- Online services
Introduction to VAT
We cover:
- VAT registration
- Rates of VAT
- Tax points and claims to input tax
- Schemes within VAT
- Record keeping
- Filling in a VAT Return
How to use the Employer CD-ROM
This presentation will show you the best features of the CD-ROM, how to use the payroll calculators, fill in forms on screen, view the guidance and give you some tips to make navigation easier.
Introduction to International Trade
A basic presentation about importing and exporting goods.
Aimed at businesses that trade or are about to trade with countries outside the European Community.
We will explain import/export procedures and highlight the various regimes which may save you time and money.
