PAYE tax system
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The PAYE tax system is the United Kingdom’s mechanism for collecting income tax and National Insurance directly from employees’ wages or pensions throughout the year.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PAYE | 2 |
| PAYE tax system canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tax collection system
ⓘ
withholding tax system ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
PAYE tax system
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
PAYE
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| adjustedBy | tax code changes ⓘ |
| administeredBy | HM Revenue and Customs ⓘ |
| appliesInJurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employment income
ⓘ
most employees in the UK ⓘ pension income ⓘ |
| basisOfDeduction | PAYE tax code ⓘ |
| collects |
Class 1 National Insurance contributions
ⓘ
Income Tax ⓘ |
| componentOf | UK payroll system ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deductionsInclude |
employee National Insurance contributions
ⓘ
income tax at basic rate ⓘ income tax at higher rates where applicable ⓘ |
| deductsFrom |
employee wages
ⓘ
occupational pensions ⓘ personal pensions where PAYE applies ⓘ |
| ensures | tax is spread over the tax year ⓘ |
| fullName | Pay As You Earn ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom government
|
| introducedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalBasis | UK tax legislation ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Real Time Information reporting ⓘ |
| mayNotFullyCollectTaxFor | taxpayers with multiple sources of income ⓘ |
| mayResultIn |
tax refunds
ⓘ
underpayments of tax ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | HM Revenue and Customs compliance checks ⓘ |
| paymentFrequency | each payday ⓘ |
| purpose |
to collect National Insurance contributions throughout the year
ⓘ
to collect income tax throughout the year ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Insurance Acts
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surface form:
National Insurance system
UK income tax system ⓘ self assessment tax system ⓘ |
| reportingFrequency | on or before each payment to employees ⓘ |
| requires | employer PAYE scheme registration ⓘ |
| requiresReportingTo | HM Revenue and Customs ⓘ |
| taxYear | 6 April to 5 April ⓘ |
| usedBy |
employers
ⓘ
pension providers ⓘ |
| usedFor | coding notices issued by HMRC ⓘ |
| uses |
tax code
ⓘ
tax tables ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PAYE
this entity surface form:
PAYE