Under joint and several liability rules, unpaid tax from your workers can land on you. Most payroll software was built before that law existed. bookd. was built for exactly this.
The Finance Act changes mean unpaid tax doesn't just stay with the worker or their company. The liability walks up — to the agency that placed them. Most agencies don't know their current payroll doesn't protect them.
Xero, Sage, QuickBooks — all built for convenience. RTI filed, payslip sent, job done. None of them were designed around a world where the agency inherits tax liability from their workers.
Files RTI. Produces a payslip. No audit trail. No evidence pack. No worker status record. No SHA-256 integrity. Not designed for the legislation that now applies to you.
Run payroll. File on time. Answer questions later. No structured evidence. No supply chain protection. If HMRC calls, you're searching for documents that may not exist.
Every run produces a SHA-256 locked evidence pack. Worker status. Deductions. Holiday pay method. CIS verification. All sealed before you need it. No other bureau offers this.
Not just payroll processing. A compliance engine that treats every run as a potential audit — because one day, it might be.
Every worker's HMRC status checked and recorded before each run. No assumptions. No missed verifications.
The 52-week rolling average computed per worker. No flat-rating at 12.07% for variable-hours staff.
Tax, NI, employer contributions — all recorded with timestamps. Not a payslip. An evidence record.
The full record is integrity-locked after each run. Tamper-evident. Immutable. Exportable if you ever need it.
Production-connected, operator-approved submission. Every filing logged. Nothing filed without human sign-off.
The audit pack is your supply chain evidence. If liability travels up to your agency, the defence is already built.
Book a free 20-minute JSL audit call. Mark will assess your current payroll setup, identify your exact exposure, and tell you what it would take to close the gap. No pitch. Straight answers.