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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

Adding a payroll "Ghost Week" to realign pay dates

In this situation you need to run a payroll "Ghost Week". This will allow you to get your payroll pay…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

What are insufficient earnings? AE FAQs

An employee listed as having insufficient earnings is being paid below the level at which AE contributions will be taken. That…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

Why is my director not paying any NI?

Remember, if you flag someone as a director from the start of the Tax Year they will be subject to…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

What are the earnings thresholds for Auto Enrolment pensions?

If the employee earns more than the minimum earnings threshold shown below and are not currently in a qualifying pension…

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IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

Auto Enrolment percentage calculation

When Pension Auto Enrolment is selected as the payment/deduction type, the pension is calculated as a percentage between the qualifying…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

What are "Qualifying Earnings" under auto enrolment?

Information provided by the pension regulator Only the pay components within the definition of qualifying earnings in section 13 of…

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IRIS Earnie IQ

"User Limit Reached" when logging on

Log into the admin mode of the software, at start-up use the details Name: ADMIN and your admin password: Please…

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IRIS Earnie IQ

Council tax AEO deducting too much

Due to the issue date not being entered.  This will cause the system to default to 1998 bands rather than…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ

Marriage Allowance in PAYE Payroll - M & N Tax Codes

Not to be confused with the "Married Couple's Allowance", which only applies if one of the partners was born before…

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IRIS PAYE-Master, IRIS Payroll Business, IRIS Bureau Payroll, IRIS GP Payroll, IRIS Payroll Professional, Earnie, IRIS Earnie IQ, IRIS P11D Organiser, , IRIS GP Accounts

Tax limited to 50% of all taxable pay

In the 2105/16 tax year HMRC changed the legislation on all tax codes so the maximum amount of tax is…