Payroll Bureau – Terms of Engagement
What we have undertaken to do:-
We shall prepare your payroll from information provided by you, including:
- provision of payslips for employees and the Revenue;
- completion of the Annual Returns and Summaries (Forms P35, P14 and P60);
- the issue of P45s to employees leaving; assisting with completion of P46s;
- calculating statutory sick, maternity and paternity pay.
As an Inland Revenue Accredited Agent we will file on-line all or any of the above and ensure you obtain the benefit of any incentive payments for doing so.
What we require you to do:-
Provide us with the information requested, correctly, in good time to enable the payroll to be processed without the need for revision, and to respond promptly to our requests for information to enable us to do so.
Additional / Optional Services
Should you wish we can assist you with the following, for which separate charges will be made:-
- Completion of the Annual Benefits-in-Kind Returns for Directors and Employees (P11Ds, P11D(B)s and P9Ds);
- Drafting Contracts of Employment;
- Assisting in the resolution of Inland Revenue PAYE disputes.
Not included in the standard charges:
- Occasional matters such as work involving third parties eg. implementing CSA and Court Orders involving deductions from wages; resolution of enquiries into PAYE Coding Notices or unpaid balances of PAYE. While we are happy to undertake such work for you additional fees may arise if significant..
Duration of Engagement
We shall provide you with a quotation to undertake your payroll for the tax year to 5th April or for the part year to that date as appropriate. In or about February of each year we shall advise you of our fees for the forthcoming tax year and shall treat the engagement as continuing year-to-year until such time as you advise us otherwise.
You may give us notice of termination with immediate effect at any time during the tax year and we shall simply charge an appropriate proportion of the annual fee.
Fees
Our annual fees will be billed in installments at appropriate intervals (typically quarterly). We may terminate or suspend acting if payment of fees is unduly delayed.
We reserve the right to make additional charges where we are required to re-work the payroll as a result of errors in the information provided or where changes have been requested following the payroll run or preparation of Annual Returns or other forms or submissions.
Contact
Should you wish to discuss any of the above please contact Tracey Smith on 01461 204121 in the first instance.
General Conditions
We may terminate or suspend our engagement and cease acting if payment of any fees is unduly delayed. In the event of dispute jurisdiction will be by Dumfries Sheriff Court. We reserve the right to exercise a lien upon any documentation we hold in the event of non-payment of fees.
All demands, services and notices required by any regulation or Act of Parliament must be made in writing to the Company at:
5 Bruce Street, Annan, Dumfriesshire, DG12 5AB.
Service of such notices by e-mail will not be a valid service under the Arbitration Act 1996.
