Paying your provider

Provider Payroll

All workers in the UK, if they are earning enough to do so, must contribute to the economy by paying Tax and National Insurance. This is done via employers who collect what is owed from the worker’s earnings and pay it to the government on their behalf. This is done through Pay As You Earn (PAYE) via Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) who is responsible for the collection of taxes as well as enforcing regulatory rules such as setting thresholds and the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

Nannies and other service providers are no different and nanny employers have an obligation to operate a PAYE Scheme to ensure the provder's contributions to the state are paid. The process is, of course, known as payroll and all payroll activities must be reported to HMRC via Real Time Information reporting.

Tax, National Insurance and anything else such as Student Loan or debt repayments, can be tricky to calculate accurately if you are not used to working with the UK system. Deductions, as these are known, are always a percentage of the gross earnings; tax thresholds apply according to what the worker is earning; and if the service provider has more than one job, this will affect their Tax Code which governs what payments are due.

Employers are also responsible for administering Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay if required and, now that Workplace Pensions are in full effect, for administering Auto Enrolment by correctly calculating pension contributions (if the service provider qualifies) and managing a pensions scheme.

All of this may sound daunting but there is a very easy way of dealing with this administration and ensuring that everything is done properly by subscribing to a payroll service for example a nanny payroll service.