You can claim Employment Allowance if you’re a business or charity (including community amateur sports clubs) paying employers’ Class 1 National Insurance.
You can also claim if you employ a care or support worker.
If you have more than one employer PAYE reference, you can only claim Employment Allowance against one of them.
If you’re part of a group, only one company or charity in the group can claim the allowance.
You can’t claim if:
- you’re the director and the only employee paid above the Secondary Threshold
- you employ someone for personal, household or domestic work (like a nanny or gardener) – unless they’re a care or support worker
- you’re a public body or business doing more than half your work in the public sector (such as local councils and NHS services) – unless you’re a charity
- you’re a service company working under ‘IR35 rules’ and your only income is the earnings of the intermediary (such as your personal service company, limited company or partnership)
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