Online Services: Payroll Test Data

There are four sets of payroll test data available from this page. The first three sets of data support the current version of the Payroll Standard and Pensioner Payroll Standard. They have been developed for the following reasons:

• to help payroll software developers decide if they will meet the calculation and recording elements of the Payroll Standard and Pensioner Payroll Standard.
• as a customer service initiative to help payroll software developers test updates to their software.

The fourth set of test data is called the Additional Test Data and its purpose is to:

• provide test data for some areas of payroll business that are not covered by the current version of the Payroll Standard and Pensioner Payroll Standard.

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• Payroll Test Data (part 1) 08/09 version 4 03/12/08 (PDF 1.5MB)
• Payroll Test Data (part 2) 08/09 version 3 03/12/08 (PDF 250K)
• Payroll Test Data (part 3) 08/09 version 3 03/12/08 (PDF 244K)
• Additional Payroll Test Data 08/09 version 6 02/12/08 (PDF 994K)
• Payroll Test Data amendment sheet (PDF 60K)

The NIC, Directors NIC, Tax and Weeks 53, 54, 56 Test Data is also available in spreadsheet format. If you would like to receive this Test Data please email Payroll Support Team.

Test Data update

The Test Data documents will be updated regularly to reflect changes in the Payroll Standard, Pensioner Payroll Standard, legislation and guidance issued to employers and software developers. To be notified of updates to this document please send your email address to Payroll Support Team.

Enquiries about the Test Data

If you have any queries, comments or ideas about how to improve the Test Data, please contact the Payroll Support Team on 0845 9159146 or send us an email.