Agency payment queries,

[fastcarl]

Not sure if this is in the right section but i need some advice, pointers from anyone who either works in or current experience of payrol .

my wife is working as an NQT at a school and we cannot make sence of her payslips,

expenses related

many thanks

carl

[mph1977]

is she employed by the school/ LEA? or through an agency

an anonymised copy of the pay slip may help you get answers.

[Red Devil]

mph1977 said:

is she employed by the school/ LEA? or through an agency

Thread title suggests the latter.

The answer will be in here - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/guidance/480.pdf
Note: Teachers are not listed in HMRC EIM65799 - Tax treatment of particular occupations.

mph1977 said:

an anonymised copy of the pay slip may help you get answers.

Expenses can be a minefield. The above may help but more specific detail may be needed.

[mollymoo]

Without any idea what the payslips say it's impossible to know, but a common situation would be if you incur £20 of taxable expenses the employer might pay £25 gross so that, after 20% tax, you get the ful out-of-pocket expenses back. This can look odd on payslips, especially if the expenses aren't actually paid with the normal pay run. You could get a £25 gross expenses payment and £20 net deduction - wouldn't affect the bottom line, but it needs to go through payroll for tax purposes.

In real life you have to take into account NI too, but you get the idea.

[fastcarl]

Thank you for the replies fellas, i have worked it out now, i couldn't see the trees for the forest as they say.

carl