How do I set up a council tax attachment?

Summary

The following article explains how to enter and keep track of an employee's council tax payments.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unsure about Council Tax payments, please refer to the information you will have been provided with by HMRC explaining the rules governing statutory pay or visit the HMRC web site here. You will have received a notice to start collecting Council Tax payments from an employee.

More Information

Go to " Systems Payroll Run Payroll Period".

• Enter <Y> against the employee's pay frequency or click the [Down arrow] and select 'Yes' then click the [OK] button to go into the payroll.
• Choose the relevant employee and press<C+F7> to take you through to the "Adjustment Entry" screen.

  Tip: If a screen appears saying 'Attachment orders' showing other attachments, if this is the existing council tax attachment you can press <F5> to edit it or if it is not the required attachment you can press <F6> to create a new one.

• This will take you to a screen asking for the required "Agency". This is where you enter 'CTA' for 'Council Tax Attachments'.

  Tip: If you type in 'CTA' in upper case but you get a message saying 'Agency Not Found', please Contact your Platinum dealer or our support team on 0116 230 1500 or by using our website support contact page.

• Using the paperwork supplied to you by HMRC enter the "Start Date :" and "End Date :".
• In the "Reference :" field, enter a description for the Attachment (e.g. "Council Tax - JB" i.e. initials of the employee.)
• On the "Attachment Type :", enter '01' for Amount.
• If the total amount owed is shown on the HMRC paperwork, enter this in the "Total Amount :" field.

  Note: Generally the 'Total Amount' is not provided, and a stop notice will be issued to you once the attachment is no longer required. You can therefore leave this field blank.

• Press <Esc> and [Accept] to complete.

Note: Remember to add any Council Tax Payments amounts deducted from employees to your HMRC payment each month on the 19th of the following month. It should be added to the Tax figure that you are paying and will be shown on the P32 report.

See also

• How to Configure Government Payroll Parameters
• How do I Assign Payroll Attachments to an Employee?
• How do I Enter a Student Loan?
• How do I Setup a Child Support Attachment?

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