PAYE70015 - PAYE operation: aspects of PAYE operation - employer: non-standard pay days
Where an employer pays their employees weekly, fortnightly or four weekly there will be some tax years when there is an extra pay day.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp extra pay day is called
- Week 53 for weekly paid employees
- Week 54 for fortnightly paid employees
- Week 56 for four-weekly paid employees
53 pay days in tax yearÌý
Employees paid at weekly intervals may have 53 pay days in a tax year.
If tax is due from the fifty third weekly payment, the employer should apply the Week 1 Free Pay Table on a non-cumulative basis.
27 pay days in tax yearÌý
Employees paid at regular two-weekly intervals may have 27 pay days in a year.
If tax is due from the twenty seventh two-weekly payment, the employer should apply the Week 2 Free Pay Table on a non-cumulative basis.
14 pay days in tax year
Employees paid at regular four-weekly intervals may have 14 pay days in a year.
If tax is due from the fourteenth four-weekly payment, the employer should apply the Week 4 Free Pay Table on a non-cumulative basis.