PayAdjust is on HMRC’s list of recognised payroll software. Every FPS and EPS goes to the Government Gateway in one click, and HMRC’s acceptance is stored against the submission.
Stored with the pay run · visible in the audit log
Recognised by HMRC
PAYE recognition for RTI · October 2026
HMRC does not approve or endorse payroll software, but it does test it. Products that pass HMRC’s Real Time Information testing are listed as recognised payroll software on GOV.UK. PayAdjust is on that list. The test checks that the software produces valid submissions, handles the data items HMRC needs, and talks to the Government Gateway correctly.
Recognition is the floor. What matters day to day is what filing feels like: in PayAdjust, approving a pay run and filing the FPS is one click, HMRC’s response arrives in seconds, rejections are translated into what to fix, and the HMRC mark and correlation ID are kept on the run for as long as you need them.
PayAdjust passed HMRC’s RTI recognition testing in October 2026. Read what recognition does and does not mean.
The FPS is generated when you approve a run and sent to HMRC directly. PayAdjust polls for the response and shows acceptance, usually within a few seconds.
Employment Allowance claims, no-payment months, periods of inactivity, statutory pay recovery and CIS deductions suffered are all filed from the same screen.
If HMRC rejects a submission, PayAdjust tells you why in plain English, such as an NI number mismatch or an authentication problem, and what to change.
Real Time Information is a set of obligations with deadlines attached. This is what they are and how PayAdjust meets each one.
Generated automatically from the approved run and filed in one click. Late filing is the most common RTI penalty; PayAdjust’s calendar shows pay days and deadlines side by side.
No-payment months, Employment Allowance, statutory recovery, periods of inactivity and CIS deductions suffered, each with duplicate protection so you cannot file the same claim twice.
Compliance checks flag missing NI numbers, dates of birth and addresses before you file. Starter declarations, leaver dates and director indicators are carried on the FPS.
S and C prefixes are supported with their own bands. Emergency codes, K codes and flat-rate codes are all handled.
Final FPS indicators, P60s for every employee and tax year summaries. There is no annual return to file; RTI replaced it.
The HMRC mark, correlation ID, timestamp and user are stored on every accepted submission and written to the audit log.
The Taxes tab shows PAYE liability by tax month, less Employment Allowance and statutory recovery, with the 22nd-of-the-month deadline and a place to record the payment.
Invite employees by email. They fill in their own address, NI number and bank details, so you never chase a form.
Create the month and every payslip is calculated: PAYE, National Insurance, pension, student loans and statutory pay.
Release payslips for preview. Employees see their pay before payday and can adjust pension contributions with live tax impact.
Approve the run, file the FPS with HMRC in one click, download the BACS file and pension schedule. Done until next month.
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| Employees | Monthly | Annual |
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| 10 | £15/mo | £108/yr |
| 25 | £45/mo | £378/yr |
HMRC filing is included in the price. There is no per-submission fee and no premium tier for RTI.
Full pricing detailsHMRC maintains a public list of payroll software that has passed its recognition testing for PAYE Real Time Information. To get on it, a product submits a series of test FPS and EPS files to HMRC’s test service and demonstrates that it handles the full set of data items HMRC specifies for the tax year. Recognition is renewed as the specification changes each year.
Recognition does not mean HMRC has approved the software’s calculations, its security or its support. You will sometimes see “HMRC approved payroll software”; that is not a status HMRC grants. Recognised is the only term that means anything, and the list on GOV.UK is the only place to check it. Our recognition announcement goes into what was tested.
Rejections are normal and almost always fixable. The common causes are an NI number that does not match HMRC’s record, a Government Gateway credential problem, or a data item that fails validation. PayAdjust maps HMRC’s error codes to plain-English explanations and points you at the field to correct. Once fixed, you resubmit from the same screen. Nothing is filed twice by accident: the duplicate guard blocks a second accepted submission for the same period.
Overpaid someone? Wrong tax code? If the FPS has already been accepted, the correction goes on the next FPS with corrected year-to-date figures, or on an EPS where that is the right route. Our guide to correcting payroll mistakes after an FPS walks through the common cases step by step.
Direct filing is the default, but you can also download the FPS or EPS XML and submit it through other software or have your accountant file it. Mark the submission as filed manually and PayAdjust keeps the record. HMRC’s own Basic PAYE Tools cannot import a file, so if you use that you would be re-keying figures by hand.
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HMRC has granted PayAdjust PAYE recognition for Real Time Information reporting. Here’s what recognition actually means, what it doesn’t, and what it changes for employers using PayAdjust.
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