Does a Director have to register for payroll scheme?
Londina
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On HMRC website it says:
"You don’t need to register for PAYE if none of your employees are paid £112 or more a week"
what about a sole director of a LTD? if he only earns £112, does he have to set up a payroll scheme and submit RTI etc..? or can he just pay himself and considered as salary, not dividend?
Info on .gov are confusing as usual and can't find a straight forward answer!
thanks
"You don’t need to register for PAYE if none of your employees are paid £112 or more a week"
what about a sole director of a LTD? if he only earns £112, does he have to set up a payroll scheme and submit RTI etc..? or can he just pay himself and considered as salary, not dividend?
Info on .gov are confusing as usual and can't find a straight forward answer!
thanks
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If pay is below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) then no need for a PAYE scheme in the circumstances as indicated. So yes, less than £112/week can be paid as salary without setting up a PAYE scheme.
Whether that's a good idea or not is another question though...1 -
If it is his only employment income at that level of earnings he may lose out on NI contributions for pension purposes (assuming he has not reached state pension age).
If he has other employment income outside his company then the company will have to set up a payroll scheme to withhold the correct tax.2 -
thanks everybody!
so if this is the only employment and no need to set up a PAYE scheme, the payments can just be posted as salaries in the accounts and HMRC will be ok with it? It seems strange....maybe they can argue that it's money taken out from the business and should go into Director's loan?...rwb said:If pay is below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) then no need for a PAYE scheme in the circumstances as indicated. So yes, less than £112/week can be paid as salary without setting up a PAYE scheme
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because as you said, maybe it's just strange and no payroll scheme is set up for this?mrme89 said:It would be strange to pay a director with no other income just £112 per week.
If procedures are followed, I’m not sure why you think HMRC could argue that it wasn’t salary?
but if it's normal procedure and this is allowed, that's good! :-)
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for those who are interested and want to find more, there is actually a webinar tomorrow organised by HMRC called "Company directors - payroll and you":
"This webinar is aimed at new company directors and more experienced directors who want to refresh their knowledge. It covers the Income Tax and National Insurance that directors pay, the payroll information that has to be submitted and how to report expenses and benefits to HMRC"
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I'm not sure and anyway, this could be useful to refresh your knowledge, as not everyone is an expert on payroll and director responsibilities, the AAT doesn't cover that in details0
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@Londina you kind of skipped over this point that @MarieNoelle made, I would make sure you look into this bit before going forward with what ever your plan is.MarieNoelle said:
If he has other employment income outside his company then the company will have to set up a payroll scheme to withhold the correct tax.
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@BeccaLouJ9 I thought I did, the £112 would be the only income, no other employment. At the webinar I managed to get confirmation from HMRC and no payroll need to be set up.
About NIC contributions & pension, that's another issue...if in future state pension needs to take in consideration1
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