Firstly, it’s worth checking your credit score by getting copies of your business credit reports. You can review these for any errors and question anything you believe to be inaccurate with the credit agency. The best next step is to start to increase your creditworthiness. This can be done by using a credit card, or opening a line of credit. There are also sources of funding available, such as Start Up loans, which help new businesses with no credit history to fund their growth. Alternatively, equity and grant finance may be available that provide you with business loans based on the potential of your company, rather than your creditworthiness.
We also offer Tide Credit Builder – designed specifically to help small businesses grow their credit worthiness and open up future options for funding.
‘Admin’ > ‘Payroll’ > select the current pay period and an employee > ‘Add pay item’ > add the salary advance amount > type in ‘Salary advance’ in the ‘Description’ field, and save the changes
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.