{"id":1421,"date":"2014-03-31T12:27:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2014-03-31T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T11:27:37","slug":"employment-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pmabookkeeping.co.uk\/index.php\/employment-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employment Allowance<\/h1>\n
HM Government<\/a><\/div>\n
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Employers can reduce the amount of National Insurance contributions<\/a> (NICs<\/abbr>) they pay for their employees by up to \u00a32,000. This is called the \u2018Employment Allowance\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Employment Allowance can be claimed from 6 April 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

You won\u2019t have to pay any employer National Insurance contributions at all if you usually pay less than \u00a32,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Up to 1.25 million businesses and charities will benefit from Employment Allowance. Around 450,000 businesses and charities won\u2019t have to pay any employer National Insurance contributions at all.<\/p>\n

Use the Employment Allowance calculator<\/a> to see how the allowance could affect your contributions.<\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/h2>\n

Employment Allowance is for nearly all employers that pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions<\/a> on their employees\u2019 and directors\u2019 earnings. This includes:<\/p>\n