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Managed Payroll Services for Glasgow Businesses

If you employ anyone, you must operate PAYE payroll and report to HMRC on or before every payday through Real Time Information. You must also auto-enrol eligible staff into a workplace pension. QA FinTax runs payroll for Glasgow employers — payslips, RTI, pensions and CIS — accurately and on time.

Payroll is the one deadline your staff notice. Get it wrong and you have an unhappy team; file it late and you have HMRC. It is also the area where the rules shift most often — thresholds, statutory rates and pension duties all move, usually every April. Outsourcing it removes both the admin and the risk of being the person who did not notice a rule had changed.

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payroll services Glasgow — Payroll, CIS & Auto-Enrolment from QA FinTax, Glasgow

What Our Payroll, CIS & Auto-Enrolment Service Includes

  • Weekly, fortnightly or monthly payroll processed and payslips issued
  • PAYE and National Insurance calculated and RTI submitted to HMRC
  • Workplace pension and NEST auto-enrolment managed
  • CIS contractor and subcontractor returns and verification
  • P60, P45 and P11D benefits-in-kind submissions
  • Statutory pay handled: sick, maternity, paternity and adoption

What Are Your Legal Duties as an Employer?

The obligations start the moment you take on your first employee — including yourself, if you are a director drawing a salary. They are not optional and they are not negotiable.

  • Register as an employer with HMRC before the first payday
  • Operate PAYE, deducting income tax and National Insurance from wages
  • Submit a Full Payment Submission to HMRC on or before every payday
  • Give every employee an itemised payslip
  • Assess your staff for auto-enrolment and enrol those who qualify
  • Pay HMRC what you have deducted, by the 22nd of the following month
  • Issue P60s by 31 May and report benefits in kind on P11D by 6 July

What Are the Key Payroll Deadlines?

PAYE, CIS and payroll deadlines
ObligationDeadline
Full Payment Submission (FPS) to HMRCOn or before every payday
Pay PAYE and NIC to HMRC (electronic)22nd of the following month
Monthly CIS return19th of the month
Issue P60s to employees31 May
Report benefits in kind (P11D)6 July
Late RTI submissions attract penalties that scale with the number of employees, charged per month.

How Does Auto Enrolment Work?

You must automatically enrol any employee aged between 22 and State Pension age who earns more than £10,000 a year into a workplace pension, and pay into it. Contributions are calculated on qualifying earnings — the slice of salary between two thresholds — not on the whole wage.

Auto-enrolment thresholds and minimum contributions, 2026/27
ItemAmount
Earnings trigger for auto-enrolment£10,000 a year
Qualifying earnings band£6,240 to £50,270
Minimum total contribution8% of qualifying earnings
Minimum employer contribution3% of qualifying earnings
Re-enrolment of opted-out staffEvery 3 years
The employee makes up the balance of the 8%, including tax relief. Staff below the trigger can still ask to join, and you may have to contribute.

What About CIS for Construction Businesses?

If you work in construction, the Construction Industry Scheme sits alongside payroll: contractors deduct tax from subcontractors and file a monthly CIS return, and subcontractors can usually reclaim the tax over-deducted from them. We handle CIS end to end — see our dedicated CIS tax returns page for the rates, deadlines and refund process.

What Happens If You File Payroll Late?

HMRC charges a penalty for every month you file an RTI submission late, scaling from £100 for a small employer up to £400 for larger ones, with additional penalties if you are more than three months behind. CIS is stricter still: a monthly return one day late costs £100, and it escalates from there. These are the penalties we simply remove from your business by taking the deadline on ourselves.

Payroll, CIS & Auto-Enrolment in Glasgow — Frequently Asked Questions

Payroll for up to two directors or employees is included in our Corporate Growth package at £129 a month. Beyond that it is £5 per additional employee per month. The fee is fixed and agreed upfront — there is no separate charge per payslip or per RTI submission.
Real Time Information is how PAYE is reported. You must send HMRC a Full Payment Submission on or before every payday, telling them what you have paid and deducted. It is compulsory for all employers, and late submissions are penalised monthly.
Any employee aged 22 to State Pension age earning over £10,000 a year. You must enrol them and contribute at least 3% of their qualifying earnings, with 8% going in overall. Staff can opt out afterwards, but you must not encourage them to.
20% for a subcontractor registered with HMRC, 30% for one who is not, and 0% for a subcontractor with gross payment status. Contractors must verify each subcontractor with HMRC before paying them to know which rate applies.
Subcontractors routinely have more tax deducted at source than they actually owe, because CIS takes no account of your expenses or personal allowance. The overpayment is reclaimed through your self assessment return, or through a limited company's payroll scheme. We calculate the refund and claim it.
HMRC charges a monthly penalty scaling by employer size, from £100 for a very small employer to £400 for larger ones, plus a further penalty if you are more than three months late. Paying PAYE late also attracts penalties and interest.
Yes. We take on your year-to-date figures, employee records and pension scheme details, and pick up from the next pay run. Your employees see no difference and no data is re-keyed — the mid-year switch is routine.

Official sources

Rates and thresholds are stated for the 2026/27 UK tax year and are for general guidance only. They are not a substitute for advice on your own circumstances.

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