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First time users: howinstall to download and installset up Basic PAYE Tools

Step-by-step Find step-by-step help onto downloadinginstall and installing Basic PAYE Tools onto your computer.computer and set up employer and employee details.

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HM Revenue & Customs
Published
12 June 2014
Last updated
1827 JanuaryFebruary 20232025 — See all updates

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Updates to this page

Published 12 June 2014
Last updated 1827 JanuaryFebruary 2023 2025 + show all updates

  1. Instructions to download the tools have been removed as this is covered in the linked guide 'Download HMRC's Basic PAYE Tools'.

  2. The 'First time users: how to download and install Basic PAYE Tools' has been updated for the 2022 to 2023 year.

  4. The 'First time users: how to download and install Basic PAYE Tools' has been updated for the 2021 to 2022 year.

  6. The 'First time users: how to download and install Basic PAYE Tools' has been updated for the 2020 to 2021 year.

  8. Information about where you can find your Accounts Office reference has been updated.

  10. The 'First time users: how to download and install Basic PAYE Tools' has been updated for the 2019 to 2020 year.

  12. Annual updates for 2018 to 2019 have been carried out.

  14. Annual updates for 2017 to 2018 have been carried out.

  16. Updated guidance available.

  18. This document has been updated due to changes in guidance from April 2015, such as removal of temporary SCON and introduction of Shared Parental Pay and annual uprating.

  20. First published.

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Update history

2025-04-17 10:39
Instructions to open the Welsh version and accessible version of the tool have been added.

2025-02-27 10:57
Instructions to download the tools have been removed as this is covered in the linked guide ‘Download HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools’.

2023-01-18 13:22
The ‘First time users: how to download and install Basic PAYE Tools’ has been updated for the 2022 to 2023 year.