When you employ domestic staff in the UK you must pay regular income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) on behalf of your employee. You must also pay employer's NIC. As you are classed as a small employer you only have to pay these liabilities to HMRC on a quarterly basis. Failure to pay all tax and NI liabilities before 19 April each year will result in interest being charged on the amount outstanding. All quarterly tax and NI payments are due to be paid to HMRC by the 19th of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. Stafftax will advice you accordingly in good time.

For new employers the first payment will only be due once your new PAYE scheme has been set up by HMRC, and you will not be penalised if this is after the due date for any of the first three quarters of the tax year (starting in April). Stafftax will submit an employer's Annual Return and Declaration (P35) electronically at each tax year-end on your behalf, which will automatically qualify you for incentive payments from HMRC. Any changes to employment arrangements should be notified to us promptly, especially during this period as any delays in filing before-mentioned forms will trigger automatic HMRC Penalties, and Stafftax has a large number of returns to complete and check on our subscribers behalf in a very short period of time.