[UK] Automatic Enrolment Thresholds from the 6th of April 2019

The Global Payroll Association has received queries as to whether the above have been set for 2019/20 tax year in legislation.  We have previously published the proposed thresholds but for the sake of completeness we publish these again with the supporting legislation.

Legalisation

 There are two pieces of legislation:

1. The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2019 and
2. The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Thresholds

Both Orders confirm that the following will apply from the 6^th of April 2019:

For the pay reference periods, these annual figures are:

For the eagle-eyed, the earnings band thresholds are equivalent to the LEL and UEL values and the trigger is unchanged at £10,000.

The Global Payroll Association has received queries as to whether the above have been set for 2019/20 tax year in legislation.  We have previously published the proposed thresholds but for the sake of completeness we publish these again with the supporting legislation.

Legalisation

 There are two pieces of legislation:

1. The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2019 and
2. The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019

Thresholds

Both Orders confirm that the following will apply from the 6^th of April 2019:

For the pay reference periods, these annual figures are:

For the eagle-eyed, the earnings band thresholds are equivalent to the LEL and UEL values and the trigger is unchanged at £10,000.