Next recurring deadline
19 Apr
EPS deadline where required
Use maintained year-to-date values and do not use a no-payment report for a missed FPS.
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2026/27 UK Payroll Calendar
See what is due, when it is due and what action your business may need to take throughout the tax year.
Tax year: 6 April 2026–5 April 2027•Reviewed July 2026•Based on HMRC deadlines
Next annual deadline
6 Apr
2026/27 tax year starts
Confirm the maintained software year-opening process and current instructions.
Official source ↗Next action to prepare
6 Apr
2026/27 tax year starts
Confirm the maintained software year-opening process and current instructions.
Official source ↗April 2026 to March 2027
Your 12-month deadline map
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April 2026 deadline detail
HMRC reporting
Every payday: give payslips and send FPS
Each payroll payment
Prepare: Approve payroll, provide payslips and send the FPS on or before payday.
GOV.UK: report payroll to HMRC ↗Preparation
Tax month closes
PAYE tax months run from the 6th to the following 5th
Prepare: Close the period evidence and identify any EPS route that may apply.
GOV.UK: report payroll to HMRC ↗Preparation
2026/27 tax year starts
All employers running PAYE
Prepare: Confirm the maintained software year-opening process and current instructions.
GOV.UK: report payroll to HMRC ↗HMRC reporting
EPS deadline where required
Employers with an applicable EPS reduction, no-payment report or other EPS reason
Prepare: Use maintained year-to-date values and do not use a no-payment report for a missed FPS.
GOV.UK: report payroll to HMRC ↗Payment deadline
Electronic PAYE and NI payment deadline
Employers paying HMRC electronically
Prepare: Reconcile the liability and allow for clearing time; payment by post has an earlier deadline.
GOV.UK: pay employers’ PAYE ↗Pension action
Pension contribution timing check
Employers with workplace-pension contributions
Prepare: Check the provider arrangement: statutory/default timing and payment method can differ.
GOV.UK: workplace pension payments ↗Close-out: April to July 2027
Year end is several linked controls, not one date.
Final reporting can be accepted before later settlement or P60 work is due. Keep reporting, employee documents, liabilities, pensions and the new-year opening as separate checks.
6 Apr
2027/28 tax year starts
Validate the maintained new-year parameters and tax-code instructions.
Source ↗19 Apr
Final EPS deadline where the final report is an EPS
Choose the final report route separately for each PAYE scheme.
Source ↗5 May
Employment-intermediary report: January–March quarter
Confirm the reporting requirement and retain quarter evidence.
Source ↗31 May
Give eligible employees their 2026/27 P60
Approve the P60 population at employment-record level.
Source ↗6 Jul
Benefits and expenses reporting deadline
Use the current benefits reporting guidance for the applicable route.
Source ↗22 Jul
Electronic Class 1A NIC payment deadline
Allow for the payment method and clearing time.
Source ↗Before payday
- Close approved payroll inputs.
- Check starters, leavers and changes.
- Review gross pay and pension or statutory inputs.
On or before payday
- Calculate and approve the exact payroll version.
- Give employees payslips.
- Send the FPS on or before payday.
After payday
- Resolve reporting issues.
- Record liabilities and prepare PAYE and pension payments.
- Retain the period evidence.
Check what applies to your payroll
Electronic and non-electronic PAYE payment timing differs. Bank holidays, clearing time, pension-provider arrangements, corrections and unusual pay schedules can change the practical route. Use the official links alongside each deadline before acting.
Learn the work behind the dates
Want a more controlled payroll cycle?
The Payroll Academy teaches the practical controls behind inputs, payday reporting, EPS and HMRC settlement, and year end. Calendar use never marks those activities as complete.
This planner is a reference tool, not a personal payroll schedule. Use it to organise work and then confirm the route that applies to your PAYE scheme, payment method and pension arrangement.
Deadlines tied to every payday
Prepare and approve the payroll result, provide employees with their payslips and send the Full Payment Submission (FPS) on or before payday. An FPS deadline is tied to the actual payment, not a generic monthly calendar date. Check the GOV.UK reporting guidance when payment dates move or a submission needs correction.
Deadlines tied to the tax month
Tax months run from the 6th to the following 5th. An EPS is only needed for an applicable reporting reason; it is not a substitute for an FPS that was missed after employees were paid. Electronic PAYE and National Insurance payments are normally due by the 22nd after the tax month, while post has an earlier deadline. Check PAYE payment timing before sending a payment.
Fixed annual deadlines
P60, benefits and expenses reporting, Class 1A National Insurance and year-end tasks apply only when the relevant facts exist. The close-out panel carries the 2026/27 year into the later 2027 deadlines so the final payroll report is not mistaken for the end of every year-end control.
Use the rolling controls
Keep a controlled list of what is still awaiting review before payday, what must happen on payday and what needs reconciling after it. Use the relevant Payroll Academy lessons to understand the work; using this calendar does not confirm a real payroll task has been completed.
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