Tax week and tax month calendar

Download PDF copies of the current and previous tax year calendars for use with Sage 50 Payroll.

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. What date to use when processing under Real-Time Information (RTI).

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Tax period charts

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

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

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