Process week 53

What is a week 53?

A week 53 in the 2021/22 tax year occurs when your regular pay date for weekly, fortnightly or four weekly paid employees falls on 5 April. The number of days in the tax year doesn't divide into a whole number of tax weeks, so 5 April become week 53.

If you do have a week 53, there's nothing that you need to do differently. Simply complete your payroll in the usual way dated 05/04/2022, before you process your payroll year end.

Check if you have a week 53

In the 2021/2022 tax year, tax week 53 is Tuesday 5 April 2022. You have a week 53 if the following applies:

Your normal pay day is a Tuesday and...

• You last processed your weekly paid employees on Tuesday 29 March 2022.
• You last processed your fortnightly paid employees on Tuesday 22 March 2022.
• You last processed your four weekly paid employees on Tuesday 7 March 2022.

In each of these instances, you're next due to process the employees on 5 April 2022, week 53.

These are the only scenarios where you must process a week 53, the next processing date for all other pay dates falls into the 2021/2022 tax year.