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UK Payroll Best Practices

  • Learn the best practices for managing UK payroll and how to implement these

  • Discover the role quality assurance and planning plays in your processes

  • Find out how best practices factor into your payroll provider search

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Publication dateDecember 23, 2025
AuthorThe PayFit team

Frequently asked questions

In this payroll best practices guide you’ll find tips on accurate and efficient ways of running payroll in the UK. These are accepted by industry experts and bodies, including HMRC, the pensions and general data protection regulators, as being the suggested way to run payroll in order to avoid errors, save time and ensure UK regulatory compliance.

Payroll tends to come unstuck over errors in the data, the stress and time associated with manual processes, as well as a lack of insightful data to make sound decisions. All of these problems can be addressed with a robust payroll software.

Yes, absolutely free! It should not be seen as an exhaustive resource, however you will find links to useful articles and advice within it. Check out the managing payroll category on our blog for a huge selection of articles covering running payroll in the UK, PAYE and tax, data, legislation, compliance and more.

First and foremost, the aim of payroll is to ensure that all staff are paid accurately and on time. Those running the payroll are staff too, and we want to ensure that they are happy, free of stress and have time for strategic initiatives each month. Running payroll efficiently and smoothly with an automated payroll system can significantly help towards these priorities.