If you employ contractors that work via an intermediary, such as their own Personal Services Company (PSC), and you have provided an employment status determination that confirms the contractor is a 'deemed employee' subject to the off-payroll working rules (IR35), then you're likely to be responsible for deducting tax (PAYE) and National Insurance (NI) via payroll from your worker's fees and paying it to HMRC.
In TASBooks, you can make additional postings to account for these deductions. This article assumes you are using the standard VAT scheme.
We recommend you create a new nominal code for IR35 deductions within the Current Liabilities area of your chart of accounts. You can check your chart of accounts categories in Nominal codes, Chart of accounts.
If you normally post manual salary journals in TASBooks, for any deemed employees you must post the following four journals to account for IR35 deductions:
N/C | Name | Debit | Credit |
---|---|---|---|
5410 | Employers NI - The total employer NI contribution under IR35. | Debit | |
2310 | PAYE - The total PAYE deducted under IR35. | Credit | |
4100 | National Insurance - The total employer and employee NI contribution under IR35. | Credit | |
2103 | IR35 deduction - The total amount withheld under IR35. | Debit |
For deemed employees no other journals are required, for example, for gross pay or net pay.
You should also post the invoice from your contractor as normal, plus a credit note to reduce the amount due by the IR35 deduction you've made.
When you pay the invoice, you can allocate the credit note and pay the difference to your contractor.
If you process IR35 deductions separately from your payroll, you should post the invoice from your contractor as normal, plus a credit note to reduce the amount due by the IR35 deduction.
When you pay the invoice, you can allocate the credit note and pay the difference to your contractor.
When you pay the deduction to HMRC, post the bank payment to the IR35 nominal code to clear the liability.
If the IR35 deduction is to be offset rather than paid directly to HMRC, you can post further journals to move the balance as required.
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