UK Payroll Service

BookCheck provides a comprehensive service
with a fully trained payroll officer assigned to you.

This leaves you free to focus on your business,
safe in the knowledge that payroll is taken care of

The sort of errors we inherit. Have you suffered from any of these?

Is payroll a pain for you? We have many new clients who came to us with existing problems, some of which they weren't even aware they had! Some of them very costly. Check over the list below to see what problems we have solved for our new clients over the last year

Common inherited Payroll errors

ERRORS	BOOKCHECK CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
Inccorrect submissions to HMRC	Correct all issues and submit revised info to HMRC
Pay Components set up incorrectly
AOE incorrectly deducted
Non-filing penalties for 5 payrolls in a group	Brought all PAYE schemes up to date and successfully appealed all penalties
Amend incorrect annual payrolls run for 5 director-only businesses	Re-ran and resubmitted payrolls
Establish correct treatment of CIS and appeal non-filing penalties as required for one client	Ensured robust reporting processes. Successfully appealed penalties
Employment allowance was wrong, the company was deemed to be in a group so it should not have been claimed	Ensured that HMRC was notified to remove historic claim

 

ERRORS	BOOKCHECK CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
NHS pension contributions not correctly calculated	Historic analysis and re-calculation provided to client, outstanding contributions paid to pension provider
True Potential pension scheme set up incorrectly leading to under-deduction of contributions across 2 tax years	Reviewed, analysed and corrected all members and employer contributions
Previously reported to the Pension Regulator as contributions not uploaded to the pension provider
Not able to add a payroll to TPR for re-declaration	A call to the TPR found that they had submitted a Declaration of Compliance in June 16, then filed an exemption for some reason which is why the system didn’t allow a re-declaration. TPR needed to re-activate them

 

ERRORS	CONSEQUENCE
Directors set up incorrectly as employees	NI incorrectly calculated
Wrong statutory maternity pay information given	Wrong amounts paid, wrong ending dates, etc.
Employment allowance not claimed	Not claimed or incorrectly claimed
Leavers not advised	End-of-year figures inconsistent with HMRC
Tax codes not uplifted for the current year	Wrong tax calculations
Pensions being calculated incorrectly re tax relief, pre-tax when it should be post-tax or the opposite	Double tax relief to employee, or no relief at all
Pensions being calculated on full salary when it should be qualified earnings only	Wrong calculations for employees and employers

A comprehensive service

If you are putting your trust in BookCheck, you’ll want to be sure that all the bases are covered. Each of these services is provided as standard:

• Electronic payslips with an employer payroll dashboard
• Payroll reports (including departmental analysis)
• Pension auto enrolment
• HMRC electronic filing (RTI)
• BACS
• Holiday pay
• Year end reports

We also manage starters, leavers, student loans, sick pay, maternity pay, childcare vouchers schemes and other required deductions.

Your dedicated resource

A special part of our service is that we provide you with a UK based payroll officer to act as your ongoing point of contact, so you keep the same person. This helps us understand your business more thoroughly. It also helps you sort out payroll issues with confidence and ease. We provide cover for staff holidays and any sickness.

Each of our 10 payroll officers is fully trained in all aspects of payroll administration and legislation. You can also rely on our professional systems and procedures, audited by the BSI.

BookCheck is accredited with the prestigious standard of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems.

Tried and tested

BookCheck has been providing a fully outsourced payroll service since 1994. Confidentiality and security are crucial to our success and reputation. All necessary legislation changes are introduced in good time, with no disruption.

We provide 100 client references across all our payroll staff so that you can check before you decide. That's THE way to prove our service is as good as we boast. You’ll find that that we have a terrific reputation for reliability, accuracy and personal service. If, after three months, you find that BookCheck Payroll with pension Auto Enrolment does not suit your needs, our fees will be fully refunded and the contract cancelled.

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