We know that some employers pay their employees earlier than usual over the Christmas period, for example the business may close for Christmas and New Year. If you do pay early, please report your normal payment date on your Full Payment Submission (FPS).

For example: if you pay on 20 De‌ce‌mb‌er 2019 but your normal payment date is 31 De‌ce‌mb‌er 2019, please report the payment date as ‘31 De‌ce‌mb‌er 2019’. In this example, the FPS would need to be sent on or before the 31 De‌ce‌mb‌er.

Doing this will help protect your employees’ eligibility for Universal Credit, because reporting an early payment could affect further entitlements.

As with all of our tax tips and web pages this information is necessarily summarised and of a general nature.  If you would like detailed specific advice please contact us.