Improve Your Business’s Back-Office Efficiency With Our Outsourced Payroll Services

At Vanilla Accounting, we provide accurate and dependable outsourced payroll services for small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs) who are seeking to streamline their business processes and reduce the time and cost of managing employees’ salaries in-house.

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Our Outsourced Payroll Services Include:

Setting-up new payroll systems

Day-to-day payroll processing

Calculating PAYE and National Insurance deductions

Completing end-of-year returns

Administering holiday, sickness pay, and statutory absences in-line with employees’ entitlements.

Auto-enrolment into pensions

The Challenges Of In-House Payroll Management

Managing payroll in-house presents several challenges for SMEs who have limited resources and wish to focus on growing their business:

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Regulatory Compliance

Staying abreast of evolving compliance and regulatory requirements, such as wage laws and pension regulations, can be daunting. Without an up-to-date understanding of the changes, in-house payroll staff may make errors or fail to comply with regulations, which could lead to financial penalties and legal issues.

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Timely Payments

Ensuring that payroll is completed accurately and on time can be a significant challenge for back-office staff, as the process involves many calculations, deductions, and reporting tasks that require meticulous attention to detail. Delays or errors in processing can lead to unhappy staff and drive down employee morale.

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Ad Hoc Queries And Questions

In-house payroll management often involves dealing with ad hoc queries and questions from employees regarding their pay, tax deductions, or benefits. Providing timely and accurate responses can be time-consuming and distract HR personnel from their core responsibilities.

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The Benefits Of Outsourcing Your Payroll  To Vanilla Accounting

Outsourcing payroll offers SMEs many advantages that can streamline operations and improve overall efficiency – even if you already have a dedicated HR team. By choosing Vanilla Accounting for your outsourced payroll, your business will benefit from:

Better Regulatory Compliance

Better Regulatory Compliance

Outsourced payroll services ensure that your business stays compliant with changing HMRC and pension auto-enrolment regulations. By entrusting your payroll to our professionals who are up to date with the latest requirements, you can avoid the penalties and legal issues associated with non-compliance.

Timely & Accurate Payments

Timely & Accurate Payments

Outsourcing payroll ensures that your staff members are paid on time and accurately. As an experienced provider of payroll services, we have the expertise to handle complex calculations, deductions, and tax withholdings, reducing the errors that can lead to dissatisfied employees.

Efficient P60 Creation

Efficient P60 Creation

P60s are essential legal documents for employees and employers, that summarise their annual income and tax contributions. Our outsourced payroll services can create these documents efficiently and accurately, saving your team time and effort.

On-Demand Payslips

On-Demand Payslips 

Payroll service providers can generate payslips whenever they are needed, offering you the flexibility to provide payslips to employees promptly, enhancing transparency and trust between all parties.

Streamlined Payment Processes

Streamlined Payment Processes 

If preferred, our payroll services can also organise payroll payments on your behalf to eliminate the reliance on internal resources and simplify in-house administration.

Tax Calculation And Reporting

Tax Calculation And Reporting

Business taxation can be complex, so our experienced professionals can help you to understand your obligations and ensure accurate calculations and timely reporting. We can manage all aspects of tax, including income tax, National Insurance contributions, and other deductions, reducing the burden on your staff of managing complex tax requirements and minimising the risk of mistakes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is outsourced payroll?

When a third-party specialist, such as Vanilla Accounting, offers an outsourced payroll service, it takes on responsibility for all aspects of the client’s payroll, including wage and benefits calculations, payments, administration, reporting, and compliance. It also acts as the client’s registered PAYE office for HMRC. This allows the client to restructure their back-office staff so that HR professionals can spend more time focusing on other tasks, such as recruitment and retention.

How does outsourced payroll work?

When payroll is outsourced to a specialist provider, all outgoing payroll is processed in line with existing staff contracts using the latest payroll software. Employees will continue to receive their correct salaries on time and will have instant access to their pay slips and a detailed breakdown of deductions. If there have been previous problems with the accuracy or timeliness of payroll, these will be eradicated. The outsourced payroll provider will also assume responsibility for reporting in accordance with tax and employment laws.

Is it cost-effective to outsource payroll?

Absolutely! In fact, the cost of outsourcing payroll may be less than maintaining a team of in-house administrators. As well as reducing direct costs, such as the salaries of back-office staff, your business may also gain financially in other ways: for example, if outsourcing frees HR staff to invest their time in improving staff retention, the cost of hiring new starters will fall. Also, by outsourcing to a specialist, you won’t need to purchase and maintain expensive payroll software or equipment.

How many businesses outsource their payroll?

Outsourcing payroll is more common than you might realise. In 2022, 61 per cent of UK companies outsourced payroll to specialists to reduce their costs and improve the efficiency of their back-office administration.

Who will manage our pensions administration?

As well as processing your payroll, we can support you with all aspects of pensions auto-enrolment and ensure that your business complies with current regulations. As part of payroll processing, we can calculate the pensions entitlement for staff and export data to the appropriate pension portals.

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