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Levy paying employers

From 1st May 2017, the way the government funded apprenticeships changed. As a result, some employers are required to contribute to a new apprenticeships levy and there are changes to the funding for apprenticeship training for all employers.

Does the apprenticeship levy apply to my business?

You will pay the apprenticeship levy if you are an employer with a pay bill of more than £3 million each year. For the purposes of the levy, an ’employer’ is someone who is a secondary contributor, with liability to pay Class 1 Secondary National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for their employees.

How much will my business have to pay?

The levy will be charged at a rate of 0.5% of your annual pay bill. You will have a levy allowance of £15,000 per year to offset against the levy you must pay. This means you will only pay the levy if your pay bill exceeds £3 million in a given year.

The levy allowance will operate on a monthly bases and will accumulate throughout the year. This means you will have an allowance of £1,250 a month. Any unused allowance will be carried from one month to the next. For example, if your levy liability in month 1 is £1,000 you will not pay the levy and your allowance in month 2 will be £1,500.

If you have some unused allowance in a month, but paid the levy previously in the tax year, you can receive a credit which you can use to offset against you other Pay As You Earn (PAYE) liabilities. The credit will also reduce the amount of levy paid.

This example uses an employer with an annual pay bill of £5,000,000:

Levy sum: 0.5% x £5,000,000 = £25,000

Subtracting levy allowance: £25,000 – £15,000 = £10,000 annual levy payment.

How will the fee be paid?

You will calculate, report and pay your levy to HMRC, through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) process alongside tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs). If you have calculated that you will pay the apprenticeship levy, you will need to declare this and include it in your usual PAYE payment to HMRC by the 19th (or 22nd if you report electronically) of the following month.

How does a business access their funds?

  • Register your business on to the Apprenticeship Service via this website.
  • Follow the step-by-step guide on the government website.
  • Contact the Apprenticeship and Employer Engagement Team at South Devon College to get professional free support and guidance on 01803 540360 for digital/levy enquiries.

Steps to make the most out of your levy:

  • Conduct a business training review

Our Employer Engagement team are available to provide free business and training needs analysis to ensure your business is operating effectively.

We pride ourselves in offering bespoke solutions that suit your needs and make a real and lasting difference to your organisation. Whether you need a short half-day course or a substantial programme of training, we have the courses to help you develop your company.

  • Upskill your workforce

The apprenticeship levy applies to current employees within your business. The College runs a range of apprenticeship programmes to upskill your staff.

  • Share it

As a levy paying employer you can transfer up to 25% of your funds to other businesses. This can benefit the local community or generate closer collaboration within your supply chain.

Transfer of Levy Funds

Are you looking to support a small business by transferring up to 25% of your levy funds? This is a great opportunity for both employers to invest in apprenticeships to grow future talent.

Expired funds are the unused apprenticeship funds that will be taken from your account. What happens if you don’t spend your levy?

Apprenticeship funds will be taken out of your account 24 months after they enter it, unless you:

  • Spend them on apprenticeship training and assessment
  • Fund an apprenticeship with another employer through transfers

Funds will start to expire from your accounts during May 2019.

Next Steps

Contact our Employer Engagement team on [email protected] or call 08000 380 123 and press 3.

Apprenticeship Funding for SMEs

For companies who pay less than £3 million on their payroll, including SMEs, the mandatory cash contribution from companies will be 5%. This is a considerable reduction compared to plans previously announced by the Government, when the proposal was that companies, including SMEs, would pay one third of the Apprenticeship training costs.

The Government has committed to fully paying the costs of English and maths training.

Incentive payments

  • The Government is proposing to pay employers £1,000 if they take on a 16-18 year old, young care leaver or a and young person with an Education and Health Plan.

  • The Government is proposing that employers with fewer than 50 employees will be exempt from paying 5% of the training costs if they employ a 16-18 year old, a young care leaver or a young person with an Education and Health Plan.

Click here for the full Department for Education guidance

Click here to fill in the Government consultation survey

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