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What are the costs associated with invoice finance?

Invoice finance agreements will be priced based on your business and requirements, however invoice discounting and invoice factoring have different fee structures.

Invoice discounting is structured like a loan, with interest payable plus an administration fee. 

Invoice factoring charges are known as a ‘factor rate’, which is based on level of risk, volume of invoices, and the time credit is extended for, amongst other factors.

Then in the next month’s pay run: 

‘Admin’ > ‘Payroll’ > select the current pay period and the same employee > ‘Add pay item’ > add the salary advance as a negative value > fill in the ‘Description field, and save.

For example, if the salary advance is £2,000 – you’ll need to add the negative amount of £-2,000.

Note: Salary advances are typically adjusted in the following month's payroll, but can be done at another time, depending on your agreement with the employee.

A salary advance is not a loan – there is no interest charged to the employee. Salary advances are taxed like regular income. 

If the salary advance you’ve paid to an employee for a year is more than £10,000, HMRC may consider them as a Benefit in Kind, meaning you’ll need to report this in a P11D form.

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