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Bank holidays differ across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
UK · 2026
Count working days without losing the bank holidays.
A focused UK planning tool for working days, bank holidays, deadlines and leave planning across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Choose the nation before counting working days
England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have different bank-holiday calendars. Select the calendar and check start-day inclusion, actual workweek and additional closures before using the result.
Example: 28–31 December 2026 contains four Monday-to-Thursday dates. Excluding the Boxing Day substitute holiday on Monday 28 December leaves three under a Monday-to-Friday schedule, before any employer closures.
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- Record the nation and year.
- Check whether the start and end dates count.
- Confirm employer closures and processing cutoffs.
Does a bank holiday guarantee a day off?
No. GOV.UK notes that employers do not have to give paid leave on bank holidays. The calendar alone does not determine your employment entitlement, payroll arrival or a legal filing deadline.
Checked 2026-10-22: GOV.UK: bank holidays by nation · https://ukworkingdays.com/
Source
GOV.UK data
The 2026 bank holiday list is based on the GOV.UK bank holidays dataset.
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Cut-offs near bank holidays.
Plan paydays, FPS reporting and provider deadlines around UK bank holidays by nation.
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Bank holiday deadline checklist.
Short control table for nation-specific calendars, internal cut-offs and stakeholder updates.
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HMRC and holiday checks.
Control table for nation calendars, cut-offs and evidence before submit.
Open guideSSP
Payroll check near holidays.
Plan SSP handling with bank-holiday calendars and payroll cut-offs.
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Payroll timing checklist.
Align on-or-before payday reporting with bank-holiday schedules and cut-offs.
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HMRC deadline checklist.
Control EPS requirement, timing and evidence before submission.
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Year-end checklist.
Validate payroll close, issue timing and evidence controls.
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Deadline checklist.
Control benefits scope, reporting dates and evidence.
Read guideHMRC
Late P45 checklist.
Set up starter records and FPS handling without duplication.
Read guideHMRC
Emergency tax code.
Check starter data before the first payroll closes.
Read guideHMRC
Declaration A/B/C.
Choose the right starter declaration before first payroll closes.
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A/B/C compare.
Compare starter declarations before first FPS.
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Late P45.
Handle a P45 after first pay.
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Corrected FPS.
Handle payroll submission errors.
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Late FPS.
Record payday and submission reason.
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Leaving date.
Fix a wrong FPS leaving date.
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After-year FPS.
Correct closed-year payroll records.
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Final payroll report.
Control FPS/EPS year-end proof.
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PAYE year-end pack.
Final report and corrections.
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P60 deadline.
Employee list and proof.
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P11D copies.
Benefits and deadline proof.
Read guideSSP
Fit note after 7 days.
Evidence and payroll proof.
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Qualifying days.
Pattern and payroll proof.
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Leaver payroll.
Final pay and filing proof.
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Employee leaves.
Final pay, P45 and receipt.
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Payment after P45.
Indicator, tax and records.
Read guideFPS
Employee died.
No P45 and final records.
Read guideFPS
Late P45.
Starter checklist and records.
Read guidePAYE
Student loan starter.
Checklist, plan and FPS evidence.
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Postgraduate loan.
Starter answer and FPS evidence.
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Student Loan Plan 5.
Starter answer and FPS proof.
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Loan plan correction.
Declaration, payslip and FPS proof.
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PGL correction.
Declaration, payslip and FPS proof.
Read guidePAYE
SL1/PGL1 after FPS.
Notice, payslip and FPS proof.
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PGL2 stop notice.
Stop date, payslip and FPS proof.
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SL2 stop notice.
Stop date, plan and FPS proof.
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SL2 after cutoff.
Choose the first practical payday.
Read guidePAYE
Loan over-deduction.
Refund, payslip and FPS proof.
Read guidePAYE
Previous year.
Student-loan refund evidence.
Read guidePAYE
SL2/PGL2.
Stop deductions at the right payday.
Read guidePAYE
Plan 5 default.
Control the temporary setup.
Read guidePAYE
SL2 stop.
Apply the first available payday.
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Wrong date.
Reason H without duplicate pay.
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Bank-holiday payday.
Normal date, transfer and receipt.
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