axis payroll User Guide Supplement June 2022

1. National Insurance Changes Effective 6th July 2022

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1.1 National Insurance Primary Threshold Increase from 6th July 2022

As announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 23rd March 2022 in the Spring Statement 2022, the level at which employees start to pay National Insurance contributions will increase through the application of a raise to the National Insurance Primary Threshold from £9,880 per annum to £12,570 per annum from 6th July 2022 (£11,908 per annum for company directors for tax year 2022/2023). 

axis payroll has been updated to reflect these new thresholds and you must install a software update for your axis payroll system before running your payroll for pay dates on or after 6th July 2022.

2. Information for axis payroll 2016 and axis payroll 2018 users

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The information contained in this Payroll User Guide Supplement applies to axis payroll 2016, axis payroll 2018 and axis payroll 2020 users. axis payroll 2016 will not be supported to run the 2022/2023 payroll year end. Please complete an Upgrade Request  as soon as possible if you are still running axis payroll 2016.

 

 

 

3. Preparation

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3.1 When Do I Install the Update?

Your axis payroll software must be updated before you perform your payroll for pay dates on or after 6th July 2022.

It is safe to install the update at any time before this date.

4. Installing the update

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4.1 Where Do I Install The Update?

The update must be installed on your axis payroll software server. This will usually be your network server, but a number of axis payroll users run their payrolls on a stand-alone PC.

 

4.2 Downloading the axis payroll software update

If you have the axis diplomat accounts package installed on the same server as your payroll, you can schedule a full axis diplomat software update from within axis diplomat for automatic overnight installation. Instructions on scheduling a software update can be found at Scheduling an axis diplomat software update

Alternatively, customers will manually download the update from our website as in previous years.

To manually download the update:

 

 

4.3 Installing the Update

Follow the Installation Procedure detailed below.

Please note that you need only install this update once for all axis payrolls providing that all payrolls reside on the same machine. Where payrolls are 'switched' between 'home' and 'office', then each such machine requires the update.

 

4.3.1 Copy Data to Full Backup

Ensure that a full backup of the system is taken. Use the 'Copy Data to Full Backup' function to create an archive backup of the payroll data on to removable media. We also strongly recommend that a full backup of the axis programs and data is made.

 

4.3.2 Installing the Update

You should run the installation procedure from the axis payroll server.

5. Class 1 National Insurance Thresholds From 6th July 2022

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5.1 Class 1 National Insurance Thresholds from 6th July 2022

Calculate Net Pay will check the tax year / pay date and automatically apply the following Class 1 National Insurance thresholds from 6th July 2022:

  Weekly  Monthly Yearly

Lower Earnings Limit

£123.00

£533.00

£6,396.00

Primary Threshold

£242.00

£1,048.00

£12,570.00

Primary Threshold - Directors (6th April 2022-5th April 2023)

   

£11,908.00

Secondary Threshold

£175.00

£758.00

£9,100.00

Freeport Upper Secondary Threshold

£481.00

£2,083.00

£25,000.00

Upper Secondary Threshold (Under 21) (UST)

£967.00

£4,189.00

£50,270.00

Apprentice Upper Secondary Threshold (Apprentice Under 25) (AUST)

£967.00

£4,189.00

£50,270.00

Veterans Upper Secondary Threshold

£967.00

£4,189.00

£50,270.00

Upper Earnings Limit  

£967.00

£4,189.00

£50,270.00