• Salary Payments
• Job Letters
• NHT Letters
• Tax Compliance Certificate Letters
• Advances on Salary
• Advice to Staff

• Calculation and Preparation of NHT, NIS, PAYE and ED Tax lumpsum payments to the collaborate on a monthly basis.
• Calculation of UAWU overtime - done after the submission of overtime form to the Payroll Section
• Preparation of Cheques Outside of Normal Payroll (e.g. errors on Salary; information entered the PeopleSoft System late)
• Preparation of Pay Package for UAWU Staff members which is then submitted to the Bank for collection.
• Packaging of Cheques and Salary Slips - which are then sent to the porters lodge for distribution
• Payment for Academic Staff - Contracts sent from Appointment or Office of Administration the Salary is confirmed by Payroll, allowances are included and Bank Payment calculated (if necessary)
• Mailing of Pay Slips (e.g. to Western Jamaica SCS - Montego Bay)
• Lodging of Payments to UAWU Staff Members accounts at various Banks
• Returned Salaries: cheques not collected by employee and is returned to the Payroll Section which must be done when requested by the employee.

Deductions Taken Before Income Tax: -
Superannuation/FSSU, NIS, and Tax Free Sum                                             Percentage Of Statutory Deduction
Income Tax …….25 %
NHT…………….……..2%
Ed Tax……………….2%
NIS……………………..2.5% (Up to a maximum Salary of $500,000 p.a.)

Persons Exempted From Income Tax

1. Employees who are Physically Challenged
   • Register with:- Jamaica Council for Persons With Disabilities; 18 Ripon Road OR Jamaica Council for the Handicapped  92 Hanover Street
2. Expatriates Recruited from the United Kingdom & USA
   • Must be a resident of the UK or USA (Lived and Work there for 2 years or more)
   • Recruited from UK or USA
   • Appointed here in a teaching or research profession

(In all cases this must be approved by the Inland Revenue Department)