Payments & deductions
Guidance on types of payments and deductions.
By Jordan and 5 others6 authors78 articles
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
Manage and process CIS deductions
- Set up a subcontractor on a CIS payrollSet up a subcontractor on a CIS payroll
- Enter CIS suffered and deduction amountsEnter CIS suffered and deduction amounts
- Criteria for Auto EPS for CIS payrollCriteria for when an Auto EPS is sent for the processed period on CIS payroll
- Getting started with CISThe purpose of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) how contractors deduct tax from subcontractors and send it to HMRC as advance payments towards tax and national insurance.
Benefits in kind
Manage and process benefits in kind
- Add a company car benefit in kindConfiguring a company car as a benefit in kind (BIK).
- Add a healthcare benefit in kindHow do I process healthcare benefits?
- Change the available to date for a car benefit in kind (BIK) scheduleHow to change the available to date for a car benefit in kind (BIK) schedule.
- Add a company vanEnter a van benefit in kind
- Make changes to a benefit in kindChange the status of a benefit
- Update a benefit in kindChange to an existing benefit in kind
- Payroll benefit in kind pay elementsI would like to payroll benefit in kind for an employee via pay elements.
Pay elements
Set up and manage your pay elements
- An overview of pay elementsHow pay elements work in Paycircle.
- Custom pay elementsUtilise custom pay elements.
- View the tax treatment of pay elementsCheck the tax settings of pay elements
- Manage the pension treatment of pay elementsManage the pension treatment of pay elements
- Link elements and ratesThe link between elements and rates overview.
- Set up link elementsCreate a link elements
- Create new pay elementsCreate new pay elements
- Add a net to gross adjustmentAutomatically calculate net to gross.
- Process redundancy and testimonial paymentsProcess redundancy and testimonial payments.
- Link rate changes reverting upon running payrollLink rate changes reverting upon running payroll
- Update link rates in bulkApply updated link rate to multiple employees.
- Change pay element visibility in the changes tableAdd or remove pay elements to the changes table.
- Add Shared Parental Leave with a pay elementHow do I add shared parental leave?
- An overview of pension pay elementsHow to use pension pay elements in Paycircle
- Rolled up holiday payI would like to add rolled up holiday to a team member.
- Manage pay element packsCreate, delete, update and edit a pay element pack.
- Process a postgraduate loan refundHow to process a postgraduate loan refund
- Process a student loan refundHow to process a student loan refund
- Tronc / tip management for team membersHow to apply a tip payment to a team member in Paycircle.
- Apply a non-taxable redundancy paymentHow to apply a non-taxable redundancy payment.
- Automated unit-rate linking in changes tableSmart rate management that works automatically in the background
- Backdated salary changesHow backdated salary changes affect related elements.
- Configuring automatic proration for pay elementsConfigure fixed-amount pay elements to automatically prorate when an employee joins or leaves partway through a pay period.
Payslips & P60s
Generate and distribute employee payslips and P60s
- Add notes to online payslipsAdd notes to the payslips of your employees / team members.
- View payslips for previous pay periodsView and download team members payslips from previous pay periods
- Define the sort order of PDF payslipsApply sorting to PDF payslips.
- Add, amend or remove support contact details within online payslipsHow to add, amend or remove support contact details shown within online payslips.
- Hide pay period information from payslipsHide pay period information from payslips
- (Bureau): Configure P60 notificationsHow to set up P60 notifications for multiple companies at once.
- Configure P60 notificationsHow to schedule P60 notifications for your company.
- Produce P60sProduce or regenerate P60 documents for employees / team members.
- Amend the payslip notification dateHow to change pay notification date
- Add company logo to payslipsGuidance on adding your own company logo to your payslip documents.
- Generate a P60 prior to year endI can't generate a P60 for a leaver.
- Disable employee payslipsI do not want my employee's to receive payslips
- Remove pay date from team members payslipI would like to remove the pay date from a team members payslip.
- Run payroll without sending payslip invites to team membersI would like to run a live payroll without team members receiving an invite to register.
- View shift breakdown on online payslipYour online payslip now shows hours and shifts in a clear, organised way. Instead of individual entries, shifts are grouped into categories you can expand for full detail. Check total…
- Multi-Page PDF PayslipsPDF payslips now support multiple pages when an employee has more than 20 pay element lines, ensuring every pay element is visible on their payslip.
Payments & BACS
Process payroll payments securely
- Update a repayment scheduleUpdate, cancel or delete a repayment schedule.
- Add changes to future payroll periodsHow to apply changes for future payroll periods.
- Set up BACS PaymentsConfiguring your BACS file creation.
- Set up disbursement for BACS processingConfigure disbursement for BACS processing.
- Process changes in the current periodAdd adjustments in the current period
- Run a BACS penny testRun a BACS penny test
- Revolut BACS fileCreating a BACS file for Revolut bank
- Santander BACS UpdateGuidance on the latest updates to the Santander BACS file formats
- BACS Faster Payments TXT filesGuidance on BACS Faster Payments.
Process your payroll
Help running your payroll from start to finish
Statutory payments
Set up and manage statutory payments
- Add Occupational Neonatal Care Pay with a pay elementHow do I add Occupational Neonatal Care Pay?
- Statutory Bereavement Pay – Northern IrelandFrom 6 April 2026, employees who are gainfully employed in Northern Ireland will be entitled to enhanced Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay provisions.
- Second uplift statutory paymentsAutomatic uplift to catch any statutory payments that missed the rate update at the start of the tax year.