PAYE tax system

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The PAYE tax system is the United Kingdom’s mechanism for collecting income tax and National Insurance directly from employees’ wages or pensions throughout the year.

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PAYE 2
PAYE tax system canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf tax collection system
withholding tax system
abbreviation PAYE
linked to: PAYE tax system
adjustedBy tax code changes
administeredBy HM Revenue and Customs
appliesInJurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
appliesTo employment income
most employees in the UK
pension income
basisOfDeduction PAYE tax code
collects Class 1 National Insurance contributions
Income Tax
componentOf UK payroll system
country United Kingdom
deductionsInclude employee National Insurance contributions
income tax at basic rate
income tax at higher rates where applicable
deductsFrom employee wages
occupational pensions
personal pensions where PAYE applies
ensures tax is spread over the tax year
fullName Pay As You Earn
introducedBy United Kingdom government
linked to: UK government
introducedInCountry United Kingdom
legalBasis UK tax legislation
linkedTo Real Time Information reporting
mayNotFullyCollectTaxFor taxpayers with multiple sources of income
mayResultIn tax refunds
underpayments of tax
monitoredBy HM Revenue and Customs compliance checks
paymentFrequency each payday
purpose to collect National Insurance contributions throughout the year
to collect income tax throughout the year
relatedTo National Insurance system
UK income tax system
self assessment tax system
reportingFrequency on or before each payment to employees
requires employer PAYE scheme registration
requiresReportingTo HM Revenue and Customs
taxYear 6 April to 5 April
usedBy employers
pension providers
usedFor coding notices issued by HMRC
uses tax code
tax tables

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HM Revenue and Customs usesSystem PAYE tax system
Scottish rate of income tax administrativeSystem PAYE
linked to: PAYE tax system
PAYE tax system abbreviation PAYE
linked to: PAYE tax system