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title: "Statutory payments (16 September 2026)"
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updated: 2026-09-16T10:31:51Z
published: 2026-09-16T10:31:51Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/september-16th-2026-statutory-payments"
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# Statutory payments (16 September 2026)

For SaaS customers (who process their own payroll), an employee's tax code, National Insurance category, student loan repayments, and court-ordered deductions can now be managed directly in Cintra People Payroll. All this information is also visible to Source customers (who have their payroll managed by a bureau).

### What's new?

#### **Tax**

- A full, dated history of an employee's tax codes, showing what's active, upcoming, or finished.
- Add a tax code from an HMRC P9(T) notice, a P6/P6B notice, or by entering it manually.
- Record tax rebate suppressions, date ranges in which no tax rebate should be paid, with a reason.

#### **National insurance**

- A full, dated history of an employee's NI category letters.
- Director status, held per tax year, including whether director NI is spread across the year ("on account").
- Apprentice periods, which control when apprentice NI categories are available.

#### **Student loans**

- A full, dated history of an employee's student loan repayment orders, across all plan types.
- A per-period override, to force a specific repayment amount for the current open pay period.

#### **Court orders**

- Every court order an employee holds, with its status, details, and deduction amounts.
- Inline payment history per order, so you can see exactly what's been deducted each pay period.
- A three-step wizard for adding a new court order, including the option to add a new issuing authority without leaving the process.
- The deduction form adapts to the order type. Some types take an amount and protected earnings, some take a daily rate, some calculate the deduction automatically with no amount entered at all.

Across all four tabs, users with view-only access can see the full history but won't see any buttons to make changes. Screens lock automatically while a payroll is being processed, or once an employment has ended.

Court orders on Source (outsourced) payrolls are view-only. This reflects that court order administration on Source payrolls is handled by Cintra's payroll service team as part of the service, not a change to what you can see.

#### Key benefits

- **One place for the full picture.** Tax code, NI category, student loan, and court order history all sit on the employee record, so payroll teams no longer need to switch to other systems for everyday tasks.
- **Clarity at a glance.** Every record shows whether it's active, upcoming, or finished, so it's immediately clear what's actually driving an employee's pay.
- **Answer employee questions faster.** Payment history for both student loans and court orders is available inline, so you can explain a deduction without running a separate report or leaving the screen.
- **Fewer silent failures.** Cintra People Payroll will show you why something has failed, such as why an NI category isn't accepted, or why a deduction amount overlaps another.

#### What next?

Statutory payments are now live! They are grouped together under a new **Statutory deductions** area on the employee record, with four tabs: **Tax**, **National insurance**, **Student loans**, and **Court orders**. For more information, see the [Employee detail tabs](/payroll/docs/employee-detail-tabs) section.