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222001000101536
Last Modified Date:
Tue Oct 14 14:19:09 UTC 2025
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Set up a redundancy payment
Description

Employees made redundant only pay tax on payments over £30,000. They don’t pay any National Insurance.

This means you may need to set up two different payments in payroll to process redundancy below and above the £30,000 threshold.

For more in information, read the HMRC article Making staff redundant.

 TIP: Check if the payment is subject to pension or attachment of earnings orders. For more information, refer to HMRC or your pension provider.

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▼Set up a redundancy payment that's not subject to tax or NI (less than £30,000)

Select Settings from the menu bar and choose Payments & Deductions.

  1. Select Create New Payment.
  2. Enter the following information:
    Payment Category Select Redundancy.
    Payment Type Select Non-taxable redundancy. 

     
    Name

    Enter a name for the payment if required. This appears on the employee’s payslip to identify the payment.
    Description Enter explanatory text about the payment. This won't show on the payslip.
    Include in Calculation of There are two options available:
  3. Select Save.
▼Set up redundancy payment that’s subject to tax and NI (over £30,000)

 NOTE: This is for the portion of the payment over £30,000. For example, the full redundancy is £40,000, this payment is £10,000. 

  1. Select Settings from the menu bar and choose Payments & Deductions.
  2. Select Create New Payment.
  3. Enter the following information:
    Payment Category Select Redundancy
    Payment Type Select Taxable redundancy.

     
    Name

    Change the name of the payment if required. This name appears on the employee’s payslip to identify the payment.
    Description Enter explanatory text about the payment. This won't show on the payslip.
    Include in Calculation of There are two options available:
  4. Select Save.
▼Process an employee’s redundancy pay
  1. Process the pay run up to the PAY window.
  2. Select the required employee.
  3. Select Add Payment.
  4. Choose the redundancy payments you created.
  5. Enter the value in the Rate box.
  6. Complete the rest of your pay run as normal.

When you finish processing the current pay run, you must continue the leaver process.

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