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Getting started as an employer

Watch a collection of videos about:to find out what to do if you’re a new employer.

Published 6 October 2017
Last updated 149 OctoberDecember 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added a YouTube video on 'What is a tax code' in the 'Getting started as an employer' section.

  2. A link to a recorded webinar about labour supply chain due diligence has been added as the live webinar is no longer available.

  3. A section about labour supply chain due diligence has been added and includes a link to register for a live webinar.

  4. Information about the HMRC help and support email service and a new ‘HMRC community forums’ section has been added.

  5. We have updated the register links for 'employer filing obligations', 'employees with more than one workplace', 'phones, internet and homeworking', 'trivial benefits' and 'social functions and parties', 'Statutory Sick Pay', and 'Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay'. We have removed the register link for submitting forms P11D and P11D(b) online.

  6. Links to register for the next live webinars about 'company cars, vans and fuel', 'employee travel', 'getting payroll information right' and 'taxing employees' benefits and expenses through your payroll' have been added.

  7. We have removed 7 links to register for webinars as you can no longer register for them. The link to register for a live webinar about submitting forms P11D and P11D(b) online has been updated and a recorded webinar for this has been added.

  8. Links to register for the next live webinars about 'employees with more than one workplace', 'phones, internet and homeworking', 'trivial benefits', 'social functions and parties' and 'submitting forms P11D and P11D(b) online' have been added.

  9. The links to recorded webinars have been updated. The recorded webinar for 'P11D — how to complete your 2020 to 2021 return' has been removed.

  10. Links to register for the next live webinars about employer Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay, employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, employee travel and getting payroll information right have been added.

  11. The information about taxing employees’ benefits and expenses through your payroll has been updated.

  12. The link to the recorded webinar about Statutory Sick Pay has been updated. Recorded webinar ‘HMRC and Companies House working together for you’ and ‘HMRC and the Health and Safety Executive working together for you’ have been removed.

  13. A link to register for a live ‘payroll: annual reports and tasks’ webinar has been added.

  14. Watch a recorded webinar about employers – what’s new for 2022 to 2023 and register for the next live webinar about payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll have been added.

  15. A link to register for a live 'Employers — what’s new for 2022 to 2023' webinar has been added.

  16. We have added a webinar recording for research and development tax relief for small and medium-sized businesses.

  17. Links to register for live webinars about Research and Development tax relief for small and medium-sized businesses have been added.

  18. Links to register for live webinars about getting payroll information right and employer filing obligations have been added.

  19. Links to register for live webinars about tax and National Insurance for company cars, vans and fuel and social functions and parties have been added.

  20. A recording of a webinar about the risks for agencies and other businesses working with umbrella companies operating avoidance schemes has been added.

  21. A link to register for the next live webinar about tax and National Insurance for social functions and parties for employees has been added.

  22. The video 'How to add a service through your business tax account' has been updated.

  23. Links to register for the next live webinar about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, employee travel and getting payroll information right have been added.

  24. Links to register for the next live webinar about expenses and benefits for employers 'if your employees have more than one workplace', 'phones, internet and homeworking' and trivial benefits have been added.

  25. Added a YouTube video on 'How to add a service through your business tax account'.

  26. All links to recorded webinars have been updated, including new links to register for the next live webinars for 'company cars, vans and fuel', 'employee travel', 'phones, internet and homeworking', Statutory Sick Pay' and 'Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay'.

  27. A webinar about how to complete your 2020 to 2021 P11D return has been added.

  28. Information about using the Statutory Sick Pay online guide has been added.

  29. Links to webinars have been added for employer filing obligations, what's new for 2021 to 2022, payroll and statutory pay for sickness, maternity and paternity.

  30. Links to webinars about 'Whats new for employers 2021 to 2022', 'Employee travel', 'Payroll annual reports and tasks' have been updated.

  31. Links to videos have been removed from the 'The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage' section.

  32. Links to register for the webinars for 'employers - what’s new for 2021 to 2022' and 'payroll: annual reports and tasks' have been added.

  33. A video about paying your Corporation Tax bill has been added to the section 'Starting a limited company'.

  34. A new webinar has been added about breaks, travel and waiting time in the social care sector.

  35. New webinar added: How you can help savers avoid scams

  36. Links to register for the next live webinar have been removed from company cars, vans and fuel and employees with more than one workplace. A link to register for the next live webinar for employee travel has been added.

  37. We have updated the live webinar links for, 'company cars, vans and fuel benefits', 'employees with more than one workplace' and 'payrolling - tax employee benefits'. We have removed sections on registering for the webinar from, 'Employee travel', 'phones, internet and homeworking' and 'Employer filing obligations'.

  38. A webinar has been added for Phones, internet and homeworking.

  39. Links to register for the next live webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel benefits and employee travel have been added.

  40. New recorded webinars for 'expenses and benefits for employers - phones, internet and homeworking' and 'Payrolling - tax employee benefits through payroll' have been added.

  41. A new webinar for 'expenses and benefits for employers - phones, internet and homeworking' has been added.

  42. A new webinar for 'Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll' has been added.

  43. A new webinar has been added about how to complete your 2019-2020 P11D return

  44. The video links within the payroll section have been updated. The penalties section and video have been removed.

  45. Live webinar links updated with recordings of sessions.

  46. A new online guide on Paying your workers the minimum wage has been added for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.

  47. A new webinar has been added about the National Minimum Wage.

  48. New webinars have been added for 'employer filing obligations', 'company cars, vans and fuel', 'employee travel', 'trivial benefits', 'social functions and parties', 'getting payroll information right', 'payrolling – tax employee benefits', 'Statutory Sick Pay', 'Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay' and 'HMRC and Health and Safety Executive'.

  49. The webinar links for Employer filing obligations, Company cars, vans and fuel, Employees with more than one workplace, Employee travel, Phones, internet and homeworking, Trivial benefits, Social functions and parties, Getting payroll information right, Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay, Responsibilities when your business grows have been updated.

  50. The video links within sections for payroll, national living wage and penalties have been updated.

  51. The webinars about employee travel, trivial benefits, social functions and parties, payrolling - tax employee benefits through payroll, Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay have been updated.

  52. The webinar about 'HMRC and Health and Safety Executive (HSE)' has been removed.

  53. The webinar links for ‘Employee travel’, ‘Phones, internet and homeworking’, ‘Social functions and parties’, ‘Payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll’ and ‘Statutory pay’ have been updated.

  54. The webinars for employee travel, social functions and parties for your employees and Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay have been updated.

  55. The webinar for payrolling – tax employee benefits through payroll has been added

  56. The webinar for HMRC and Companies House working together for you has been added.

  57. Webinars for 'Company cars, vans and fuel' and 'Employees with more than one workplace' have been added.

  58. This page has been updated to include a link to a webinar that covers the most common entries on the end of year expenses & benefits return (P11D).

  59. The The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage webinars have been updated.

  60. Webinars have been added for annual reporting and tasks, and social functions and parties.

  61. Webinars for 'Employers - whats new for 2019-2020' and YouTube videos for National Minimum Wage have been added.

  62. A bite sized webinar on accommodation and the National Minimum Wage has been added.

  63. Webinars for 'Unpaid working time and the National Minimum Wage', 'Employer filing obligations', 'Expenses and benefits', 'Payroll', 'Statutory Pay' and 'Responsibilities when your business grows' have been added and the webinar for 'Employment Status' has been removed.

  64. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage have been added.

  65. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.

  66. The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.

  67. Webinars for employee travel and responsibilities when your business grows and the workplace and travel have been added.

  68. Webinars for PAYE: end of year expenses and benefits has been updated.

  69. Webinars about getting started as an employer, payrolling and the the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.

  70. Webinars for expenses and benefits, PAYE end of year expenses, payroll, national living wage and statutory pay have been updated.

  71. The latest webinars about penalties, expenses and benefits, travel and subsistence, entertaining staff and Statutory Sick Pay have been added, as well as details of a new webinar about managing sick leave and Statutory Sick Pay.

  72. New webinars about expenses and benefits and your responsibilities when your business grows have been added.

  73. The webinars for 'what’s new for 2018' and 'employer filing obligations' have been re-recorded because of important new information affecting employers.

  74. The latest webinars about reporting PAYE to HMRC, employer filing obligations, phones, internet and homeworking and trivial benefits have been added.

  75. The latest webinars about what's new for 2018, company vans and payrolling benefits in kind have been added.

  76. The latest webinars about The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.

  77. The latest available webinars have been added for expenses and benefits, payrolling benefits in kind and company cars and fuel.

  78. Register for the next live HMRC and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) joint webinar about managing sick leave and statutory sick pay.

  79. Register for the next live webinar about the National Living wage and the National Minimum wage.

  80. First published.