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Holidays FAQs

How do I deal with holiday pay over tax year end?

Run the payroll for the current week. Enter the holiday. Change Period Advance by 1, 2 or as required.

Click on preview and the following question will be asked: "Do you intend running a week 53, 54 or 56 this year?" Answer 'Yes' to this ONLY if you need to run an extra period for EVERYBODY, otherwise, click No.

Run week 1, 2 etc. with zero pay for the employee concerned. NI will be spread over weeks 53, 54 etc. - as weeks 1, 2 have been run with zero pay, the tax allowance will be regained when the employee starts work again.


How do I reset my holidays at the end of the holiday year?

Go to the Company menu/Holiday Set-up and click on the 'Reset Holiday' button.
You will then be warned "This will Reset the holiday remaining for ALL employees. Are you sure you want to reset holidays?" Say YES if you are sure.

You will then be asked "Do you want to add any remaining holiday to the annual entitlement?" Say YES if you want your employees to carry over any holidays they have not taken to the next year. Otherwise say NO.

You will be asked "Do you want to zero amounts accrued for employees on accrual basis?" Say NO if you want your employees to carry over any accrued amounts for holidays to the new year. Otherwise say YES.

Your holidays have now been cleared down. Click on the button HOLIDAY RESET COMPLETE.


How do I pay more than 1 week's wages before Christmas?

To pay more than one week for an individual employee:

Ensure the Holiday setup is configured both under the Company menu and the Salary Tab in the employee's record.

At payroll run time click on the HOLIDAY button on the right hand side of the screen
Advance the payroll by the required number of weeks.

To pay more than one week for the whole payroll:

Alter the pay period on the Do Payroll run screen to the period you are paying up to (e.g. If you are paying week 37, and want to pay 38 as well, change the 37 to 38)
Run the payroll as normal. Both these methods will run the payroll over the required number of periods and will calculate Tax and NI accordingly.

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