Basic PAYE Tools user guide
Get step by step help on using Basic PAYE Tools, including how to sendrun your final payroll report and amendingchange orpayroll correctingdetails details.using Basic PAYE Tools.
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- HM Revenue & Customs
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- 12 June 2014
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This guide willgives you step by step help youto whenrun your payroll using Basic PAYE Tools as an employer with fewer than 10 employees.
All Basic PAYE Tools.Tools Ituser containsguides examplesare ofupdated theonly screenswhen andthere simpleare major changes. They may not be updated yearly.
You must register with HMRC for PAYE Online as an employer before you use Basic PAYE Tools to followrun instructions.your payroll calculations and submissions.
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2026-04-06 00:15
Removed information on recording Statutory Sick Pay, changing details for tax year 2019 to 2020 and earlier, and added instructions for Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) to reflect fiscal year end changes 2026 to 2027.
2025-05-14 11:35
Information added about how to restore data. Welsh translation has been added.
2024-05-08 09:52
HMRC no longer sends printed payment booklets (P30BC). You can still pay tax you owe from the tax year 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024 at your bank or building society using a payment booklet, if you already have one. To pay tax for the current tax year, you must choose another way to pay.
Details
This guide willgives you step by step help youto whenrun your payroll using Basic PAYE Tools as an employer with fewer than 10 employees.
All Basic PAYE Tools.Tools Ituser containsguides examplesare ofupdated theonly screenswhen andthere simpleare major changes. They may not be updated yearly.
You must register with HMRC for PAYE Online as an employer before you use Basic PAYE Tools to followrun instructions.your payroll calculations and submissions.
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2026-04-06 00:15
Removed information on recording Statutory Sick Pay, changing details for tax year 2019 to 2020 and earlier, and added instructions for Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) to reflect fiscal year end changes 2026 to 2027.
2025-05-14 11:35
Information added about how to restore data. Welsh translation has been added.
2024-05-08 09:52
HMRC no longer sends printed payment booklets (P30BC). You can still pay tax you owe from the tax year 6 April 2023 to 5 April 2024 at your bank or building society using a payment booklet, if you already have one. To pay tax for the current tax year, you must choose another way to pay.