Tax periods determine the tax and national insurance thresholds used to calculate your employees' pay. This also depends on what pay date you use and the pay frequency. Use the tax calendar links or the tables below to check which tax period a pay date falls in. The deadline to submit a Full Payment Submission (FPS) is on or before you pay the employees. HMRC uses the pay date contained in the submission to determine if you've submitted late or not. It's important that you understand what this means to you and your employees. Tax calendars Pay cycle calendars ▼Monthly chart | Date from | Date to | Tax month | | 6 April | 5 May | 1 | | 6 May | 5 June | 2 | | 6 June | 5 July | 3 | | 6 July | 5 August | 4 | | 6 August | 5 September | 5 | | 6 September | 5 October | 6 | | 6 October | 5 November | 7 | | 6 November | 5 December | 8 | | 6 December | 5 January | 9 | | 6 January | 5 February | 10 | | 6 February | 5 March | 11 | | 6 March | 5 April | 12 | ▼Four-weekly chart | Date from | Date to | Tax weeks | | 6 April | 3 May | 1-4 | | 4 May | 31 May | 5-8 | | 1 June | 28 June | 9-12 | | 29 June | 26 July | 13-16 | | 27 July | 23 August | 17-20 | | 24 August | 20 September | 21-24 | | 21 September | 18 October | 25-28 | | 19 October | 15 November | 29-32 | | 16 November | 13 December | 33-36 | | 14 December | 10 January | 37-40 | | 11 January | 7 February | 41-44 | | 8 February | 7 March | 45-48 | | 8 March | 4 April | 49-52 | | 5 April | 5 April | 53 | ▼Fortnightly chart | Date from | Date to | Tax weeks | | 6 April | 19 April | 1-2 | | 20 April | 3 May | 3-4 | | 4 May | 17 May | 5-6 | | 18 May | 31 May | 7-8 | | 1 June | 14 June | 9-10 | | 15 June | 28 June | 11-12 | | 29 June | 12 July | 13-14 | | 13 July | 26 July | 15-16 | | 27 July | 9 August | 17-18 | | 10 August | 23 August | 19-20 | | 24 August | 6 September | 21-22 | | 7 September | 20 September | 23-24 | | 21 September | 4 October | 25-26 | | 5 October | 18 October | 27-28 | | 19 October | 1 November | 29-30 | | 2 November | 15 November | 31-32 | | 16 November | 29 November | 33-34 | | 30 November | 13 December | 35-36 | | 14 December | 27 December | 37-38 | | 28 December | 10 January | 39-40 | | 11 January | 24 January | 41-42 | | 25 January | 7 February | 43-44 | | 8 February | 21 February | 45-46 | | 22 February | 7 March | 47-48 | | 8 March | 21 March | 49-50 | | 22 March | 4 April | 51-52 | | 5 April | 5 April | 53 | ▼Weekly chart | Date from | Date to | Tax week | | 6 April | 12 April | 1 | | 13 April | 19 April | 2 | | 20 April | 26 April | 3 | | 27 April | 3 May | 4 | | 4 May | 10 May | 5 | | 11 May | 17 May | 6 | | 18 May | 24 May | 7 | | 25 May | 31 May | 8 | | 1 June | 7 June | 9 | | 8 June | 14 June | 10 | | 15 June | 21 June | 11 | | 22 June | 28 June | 12 | | 29 June | 5 July | 13 | | 6 July | 12 July | 14 | | 13 July | 19 July | 15 | | 20 July | 26 July | 16 | | 27 July | 2 August | 17 | | 3 August | 9 August | 18 | | 10 August | 16 August | 19 | | 17 August | 23 August | 20 | | 24 August | 30 August | 21 | | 31 August | 6 September | 22 | | 7 September | 13 September | 23 | | 14 September | 20 September | 24 | | 21 September | 27 September | 25 | | 28 September | 4 October | 26 | | 5 October | 11 October | 27 | | 12 October | 18 October | 28 | | 19 October | 25 October | 29 | | 26 October | 1 November | 30 | | 2 November | 8 November | 31 | | 9 November | 15 November | 32 | | 16 November | 22 November | 33 | | 23 November | 29 November | 34 | | 30 November | 6 December | 35 | | 7 December | 13 December | 36 | | 14 December | 20 December | 37 | | 21 December | 27 December | 38 | | 28 December | 3 January | 39 | | 4 January | 10 January | 40 | | 11 January | 17 January | 41 | | 18 January | 24 January | 42 | | 25 January | 31 January | 43 | | 1 February | 7 February | 44 | | 8 February | 14 February | 45 | | 15 February | 21 February | 46 | | 22 February | 28 February | 47 | | 29 February | 6 March | 48 | | 8 March | 14 March | 49 | | 15 March | 21 March | 50 | | 22 March | 28 March | 51 | | 29 March | 4 April | 52 | | 5 April | 5 April | 53 | [BCB:276:UKI - hide back button:ECB] Related articles Full Payment Submission (FPS) Can I add an employee to a completed pay run Change how often you pay an employee |