{"id":237928,"date":"2025-05-12T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/dealing-with-wages-in-control-accounts\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:18:54","slug":"dealing-with-wages-in-control-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=237928","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Wages In Control Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a business, the wages that you pay might well be one of your biggest regular expenses. Not only that, but it\u2019s vital to keep your employees happy and ensure they get the money that they\u2019re owed each month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important, therefore, to keep on top of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kashflow.com\/payroll\">payroll<\/a>. By tracking wages in your control accounts you\u2019ll have a good idea of what the picture is for your company.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Wages in control accounts explained<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your control account \u2013 a summary of the credit and debit totals of your other accounts \u2013 is important when it comes to being able to accurately and confidently fill in your financial paperwork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to looking at wages here, you first need to consider what makes up your gross pay \u2013 the total that you would pay to staff if there were no deductions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your gross pay is made up of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic pay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holiday pay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statutory payments such as sick pay and maternity pay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is, however, not the full cost involved in paying your staff. For each employee, you must pay the appropriate level of National Insurance too. Remember that both you and the employee pay some National Insurance and the two shouldn\u2019t be confused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>Wages in accounting: Deductions that must be made<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before sending pay out to employees, however, businesses also need to be aware of deductions that have to be made from gross pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the system known as PAYE, HMRC issues a tax code to employees, which determines how much income tax and National Insurance that they should pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will credit your wages control account with the amount of gross pay owed, take off the deductions you\u2019ve calculated and be left with the balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wages control account should, therefore, show the amount that is due to be paid to all staff, allowing you to then make an accurate payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kashflow.com\/making-tax-digital\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone cta-image wp-image-81704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kashflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-Design.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a business, the wages that you pay might well be one of your biggest regular expenses. 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