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Northern Ireland Employer NIC's Calculator 2024

Calculate Employer National Insurance Contributions (ENIC's) for up to 50 employees in Northern Ireland in 2024 for free (view alternate tax years available). You can find detailed information on how to calculate employers national insurance contributions in Northern Ireland in 2024 below the calculator and details about the features within the tool.

Northern Ireland Employer NIC's Calculator 2024
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How to calculate Employer NIC's in Northern Ireland in 2024

Calculating ENICS in Northern Ireland can seem a headache initially, you may have the language barrier to consider, getting to grips with the different social security deductions, income tax policies and withholding requirements in Northern Ireland just a few elements you need to consider.

Formula for Calculating Employer National Insurance Contributions in Northern Ireland

ENIC's = Sum of ENICs due in each NI Threshold for Each employee - Employment Allowance

The Northern Ireland Employers National Insurance Contributions Rates and Threshholds for 2024 can be viewed here, the Employers NI Employment allowance in 2024 is £ 5,000.00.

The good news is that in addition to the free ENIC's calculator for Northern Ireland, we also provide detailed salary examples for Northern Ireland which are linked directly from the payroll service so that you can see your total payroll and employment costs inclusive of all payroll deductions and click on individual salaries to see the specific detailed salary calculation. We feel this is a great payroll solution for forecasting employment costs and well as understanding how much your employees earn after tax. It also allows employees to understand how much tax is paid as part of their salary package in Northern Ireland (most employees do not see or fully understand the total employment costs incurred by employers in Northern Ireland).

Using the Free Employer National Insurance Contributions (ENIC's) for Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Employer National Insurance Contributions (ENIC's) Calculator is designed to be intuitive, but we feel it is always useful to have a step-by-step guide to using the calculator to ensure you, the user, get the most out of this tool and the best experience whilst using iCalculator™ ND. We will start by covering a step by step process for using the Northern Ireland ENIC Calculator as most employers will already be familiar with the basics of payroll deductions. After reviewing the steps required to calculate ENIC costs in Northern Ireland, we also provide some links to other employer calculators and tools which we feel you may also find useful when employing staff in Northern Ireland.

  1. Select the tax year you wish to calculate employers NI for. By default this calculator uses the 2024 tax year.
  2. Choose whether or not to include the Northern Ireland Employers NI Employment allowance (£ 5,000.00 for the 2024 tax year)
  3. Choose the payment period for your employees. This allows you to use the calculator for annual salaries or monthly, weekly, hourly rates etc.
  4. Choose the number of employees that you wish to calculate NI for in Northern Ireland. Note that the Northern Ireland Employer NI Calculator will provide individual NI costs for each employee and the total cost of employer NI for all employees in Northern Ireland(after factoring in Employer NI allowance, if your company is eligible). The calculator will also provide a link to a supporting salary example for each employee in Northern Ireland which provides details of how the ENIC’s were calculated and the associated salary costs and tax home pay information.
  5. [Optional] Enter the name of your employees. This is useful if you want to email the results for later reference.
  6. Enter the salary for Each Employee in Northern Ireland. This should be the total salary per payment period as selected at step 2.
  7. Select the employees National Insurance Category Letter (NI Letter), for most employees this is "A", if you are unsurae we suggest using "A" when estimating/forecastinge ENIC costs.
  8. Press calculate. The Employer NI Calculator will then produce your Employer NIC’s calculation for Northern Ireland in 2024.

Understanding and getting familiar with payroll deductions and payroll costs in Northern Ireland in 2024 can be a real drain on your time and business resources. You may be an established company in Northern Ireland looking to quickly calculate the NIC costs in Northern Ireland for a new branch or team, or you may be looking to setup a business in Northern Ireland in 2024 or 2025 and need a free payroll calculator for Northern Ireland to understand how much your employment costs will be before you think about hiring someone in Northern Ireland and paying for a compliant payroll solution in Northern Ireland. Remember that employment costs are not limited to a salary, their are additional employment commitment costs in Northern Ireland in 2024, be sure to use the "Cost of Employment Calculator for Northern Ireland in 2024" for full visability of costs (you can access this calculator from the main menu).

The good news is that iCalculator™ provides a free payroll calculator for Northern Ireland and provides personal income tax tables and corporation income tax tables for 2024, our aim is to provide the bridge that allows you to answer the question of "How much will my payroll costs be in Northern Ireland?" before you look to answer "How can I employ someone in Northern Ireland?". Two key questions for a compliant employment solution but making informed decisions and putting a business strategy in place without the payroll cost information is very difficult. This is where the Northern Ireland Payroll Calculator can really help you. The Northern Ireland Payroll Calculator includes current and historical tax years, this is particularly useful for looking at payroll trends (is your initial payroll cost going to increase significantly for example).

Employer National Insurance Rates and Thresholds: Tax Years available for Northern Ireland

We currently support the following tax years for National Insurance Contributions (NIC's) calculation in Northern Ireland, if you require additional tax years, please get in touch and we can add them to the list of available tax years.