Christmas Payroll 2025/26 (UK): Paying Staff Early Without RTI Errors or Universal Credit Issues 

Introduction:  Navigating the Christmas payroll cycle is one of the most complex operational hurdles for UK employers. While the intention to provide employees with their wages ahead of the festive break is positive, it creates a collision between standard payroll software logic and HMRC’s Real Time Information (RTI) reporting requirements. If you want December handled without last-minute […]