Every year around the start of September, payroll functions celebrate their role in National Payroll Week with events and celebrations of all kinds. It is the opportunity to showcase this vital profession that, operates behind the scenes but is essential to keep the country running.
For bookkeepers, the week is the chance to say to the world ‘payroll is more complex than you think’ considering that we take all the following in our stride, and more:
- The calculation of gross pay with the right statutory deductions, all the way down to net pay;
- Submitting this information to HMRC via Real Time Information return – accurately and on time!
- The production of employee payslips and the necessary accounting reports; and
- Hands on support for clients
Plus, all of this is done using our software skills, complying with the legislation in place at the time, within the boundaries of HMRC’s guidance, rules and regulations, never forgetting that each client is unique!
In fact, there is a lot for bookkeepers to shout about in this annual fandango.
But is once a year enough?
Why only once a year? Bookkeepers use their skills 52 weeks of the year and, similarly, celebrating how good we are at our jobs is a year-round activity. ICB payroll agents are supported with a library of online resources, monthly updates with Wages Wednesday and annual events such as the Bookkeepers Summit. They are supported to pay people on time, accurately and compliantly without the need for a seven-day payroll wingding.
