National Payroll Week 2011

Here is the quiz I sent to our employees to promote the payroll department, seems to have gone down well. If anyone would like the excel spreadsheet of the quiz let me know...

How Many Parts does a P45 have?

What does PAYE stand for?

What does SMP stand for?

When should you receive your P60? (DD/MM)

What is the National Minimum Wage?

What year was PAYE introduced?

What year was National Insurance introduced

What is the basic rate of tax? (%)

When does the tax year start (DD/MM)

Do you pay tax on all of your income?

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Where in the body is the "Labyrinth"?

La La, Po, Tinky Winky who is the fourth Teletubby?

What structure is dated back to being built 5,000 years ago on the Salisbury Plain?

In which sporting event were Bjarne Riis, Jan Ullrich, Francois Faber, Stephen Roche, Lance Armstrong, and Philippe Thys all title holders?

What fatty food has no cholestoral?

Where does Feta cheese come from?

What is "Wasabi" also known as?

"I Predict a Riot" was a hit in 2005 for which band?

Which football teams ground has a pub on each corner?

Which car manufacturer makes the Veyron?

Student Loans

Student Loans

Changes are due to come into effect from April 2012 (subject to Parliamentary approval)

The exsisting annual threshold of £15000 will become £21000 and will be uprated annually in line with earnings from April 2016 - which is the date the majority of students commencing a three year degree in September 2012 will be liable to start making repayments on their loans.

Work Experience

Work Experience

Currently young people aged between 18 - 21 are allowed to participate in two weeks work experience without loss of benefits. Under a new scheme, this will become eight weeks.

Real Time Information

HMRC Real Time Information


A hot topic in payroll at the moment is HMRC's proposal to implement RTI (real time information). This means HMRC will be updated with relevant information about employees pay, each time a payment is made.

After a pilot phase, the planned roll out is January 2013 for large employers finishing with small employers from August of that year.

This represents a very big change to the data flow between employers and HMRC.

National Payroll Week 5th - 9th September 2011

National Payroll Week is taking place from the 5-9 September 2011, the theme this year is ‘Making payroll shine’ focusing on adding a little sparkle to the profession and those in it.


Celebrate payroll and raise awareness of the profession by taking part in the industry’s most important week. As the profile of the profession continues to increase, NPW provides the perfect opportunity to recognise the unsung heroes of your organisation – your payroll staff, you can show everyone in your organisation exactly what you do and how it affects them personally as well as celebrating your hard work.




Whatever you do, let me know about it! I would love to hear how you have made NPW 2011 a success.