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Year-end guide for QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll

by Intuit11 Updated 1 month ago

As the tax year comes to an end, it’s important to make sure your payroll is in order. This simple guide will walk you through everything you need to do in QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll so you can start the new tax year with confidence.

This article is for customers who use QuickBooks Online Standard Payroll.

This article will cover:

  1. How to complete payroll year end (video)
  2. Check if your payroll date ends on week 52 or 53
  3. Run final payroll
  4. Send final FPS to HMRC
  5. Give employee payslips
  6. Print P32 report (Employer Payment Record)
  7. Give employee P60 forms

Note: For the year-end guide for QuickBooks Online Core Payroll, see this article.

Important to know

Before you wrap up this year's payroll and prepare for the next, check if you're eligible for Employment Allowance (EA). It can lower your employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) by up to £10,500 per year. If you think you qualify, make sure to let HMRC know so you can claim the allowance in the upcoming tax year.

Here's how to set it up Employment Allowance in QuickBooks.

Payroll tax changes

Keep up with the latest payroll tax changes here.

Payroll dates and deadlines

5 April 2025Last day of the tax year 2024/25.
6 April 2025First day of the new tax year 2025/26.
19 April 2025
Deadline to submit your final payroll reports: Full Payment Summary (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) to HMRC.
31 May 2025Provide P60s to all employees who were on your payroll on 5 April 2025.
6 July 2025Last day to report employee expenses and benefits by submitting P11D forms to HMRC.
18 April 2025Last day to enter CIS details for the 2024/25 tax year. After this, only CIS details for 2025/26 can be added.

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1. How to complete payroll year end

Watch this video on wrapping up this year’s payroll and preparing for the next. For detailed steps and more helpful articles, keep reading!

2. Check if your payroll date ends on week 52 or 53

If you process your employees' pay monthly, you won't need to worry about whether your payroll ends on week 52 or 53. However, if the final pay date falls on 5 April, then your payroll will end on week 53.

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3. Run your final payroll

It's time to run your final payroll of the tax year! QuickBooks will let you know when it's time to do this. If this is your first time running payroll, follow the steps in this article so that you can get it done.

Edit or delete a pay run

If you've ever made a mistake while running payroll, like entering the wrong amount or making an incorrect deduction, don't worry. The good news is that you can make changes to a pay run and start over if you need to.

If you need to delete a pay run, remember to reset your Employment Allowance based to your eligibility for the tax year. To do this:

  1. Select the ⚙️gear icon to go to your Account and settings.
  2. Select the Payroll tab.
  3. Then, Employer NI & Relief.

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4. Submit your final FPS to HMRC

Next things to do is send an FPS to HMRC. This is important because it helps calculate your business's PAYE and NIC liability for the tax year.

Once you've submitted the FPS, you'll have to wait for a confirmation email before you can be sure that your submission has been successfully accepted by HMRC.

While you're waiting, you can check all of your recent submissions in QuickBooks. Here's how:

  1. Go to Taxes, and then Payroll Tax.
  2. Next to the FPS submission, select Review.

Turn on RTI reporting for automatic FPS submission

Save time and simplify submitting your FPS to HMRC by switching on RTI (Real-Time Information) reporting in QuickBooks. It will automatically submit your FPS to HMRC whenever you run payroll.

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5. Give employees their payslips

As an employer, it is your duty to provide payslips to your employees. Each payroll run generates a payslip for every employee, which must be given to them on or before their pay date.

Payslips contain important details such as earnings before and after deductions, taxes and other contributions.

Here are two ways for distributing payslips to your employees:

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6. Print P32 report (Employer Payment Record)

Make sure you're on top of your Employer Payment Record (P32) report. This report is a summary of the payments made HMRC each tax month, helping you assess whether you need to submit an EPS. It also includes details of PAYE, NI contributions and student loans deductions.

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7. Give employees their P60 forms

Finally, make sure to create and provide your employees with their P60 forms by May 31, right after you wrap up your final payroll.

A P60 form summarises an employee's pay and deductions for the entire year, and is only generated for employees who are still in your employment at the end of the tax year.

And that's it! You've successfully completed your final payroll for this tax year.


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