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Guidance

Basic PAYE Tools user guide

Get step by step help to run your payroll and change payroll details using Basic PAYE Tools.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
12 June 2014
Last updated
146 MayApril 20252026 — See all updates

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How to use Basic PAYE Tools

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This guide gives you step by step help to run your payroll using  Basic PAYE Tools as an employer with fewer than 10 employees.  

All Basic PAYE Tools user guides are updated only when there are 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 run your payroll calculations and submissions.

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Published 12 June 2014
Last updated 146 MayApril 20252026 + show all updates

  2. Information added about how to restore data. Welsh translation has been added.

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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.