What have we done?Due to the HMRC announcement, we updated Sage Payroll to reflect the National Insurance change. The change takes effect from your first pay run dated on or after 6 January 2024.
What do I need to do?There is nothing different you need to do within your Sage payroll. You can process your pay runs as normal.
DirectorsThe National Insurance change also affects Directors. - This is all taken care of within the payroll, you don't need to do anything differently.
Directors on Per Pay Run Calculation:Categories: A, F, H, M, V - For all pay runs dated 06/04/2023 - 05/01/2024 the Standard rate of 12% applies
- For all pay runs dated 06/01/2024 and later the Standard rate of 10% applies
- There are no changes to the earnings threshold or employer contributions
The revaluation in the final pay period of the tax year, or the director's final pay period uses the blended rate of 11.5%. Categories: B, I, - For all pay runs dated 06/04/2023 - 05/01/2024 the rate of 5.85% applies
- For all pay runs dated 06/01/2024 and later the new Standard rate of 3.85% applies
- There is no change to the earning thresholds or employer contributions.
The revaluation in the final pay period of the tax year, or the director's final pay period is to use the blended rate of 5.35%. Directors on Cumulative Calculation:For directors, when applying the standard method, these rates are used for Class 1 NICs for the whole of the 2023/24 tax year. Categories: A, F, H, M, V - Blended rate of 11.5% applies to all pay runs
Categories: B, I - Blended rate of 5.35% applies to all pay runs
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