The rules are the same for everyone. What you need from the software is not. Pick the guide that matches your situation.
Payroll software for small business
For owners who run payroll themselves and want it to take minutes, not an afternoon.
Read the guideOnline payroll software
Cloud payroll you run from a browser, with employees logging in from theirs.
Read the guidePayroll software for accountants
Run every client’s payroll from one login and let their employees stop emailing you.
Read the guidePayroll software for one employee
Hired your first person? Here is the PAYE scheme, pension duty and FPS you now owe, done for you.
Read the guidePayroll software for directors
Pay yourself a salary through your limited company with director NI handled properly.
Read the guideHMRC-recognised payroll software
On HMRC’s list of recognised payroll software. What recognition means and how filing works.
Read the guideFree payroll software
What free payroll software in the UK really covers, where it stops, and what 30 days free gets you instead.
Read the guidePayroll software for startups
From the founders’ salaries to the fiftieth hire, with pricing that scales by headcount.
Read the guidePayroll software for charities
Part-time staff, trustees who want to see the numbers, and Employment Allowance claimed properly.
Read the guideSalary to payslip: income tax, National Insurance, pension, and student loan — see your monthly net pay.
What an employee really costs: salary plus employer National Insurance and workplace pension contributions.
See how much of a pension increase is offset by tax relief — and what it really costs your take-home pay.
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