Rocco Clayfield
Founder and Editor
Rocco Clayfield founded PayslipIQ and is the author and reviewer of record for its guides, data studies and news.
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PayslipIQ is written and reviewed by Rocco Clayfield, its founder and editor. The site produces educational guidance on UK PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and student loans, and on Irish PAYE, PRSI and USC. Every figure is checked against the HMRC or Revenue.ie source cited on the page that uses it before publication.
Our editorial standard
PayslipIQ produces YMYL (Your Money, Your Life) financial content, so factual claims are tied to a primary source - HMRC guidance and manuals for the UK, Revenue.ie and the Department of Social Protection for Ireland - and the visible methodology pages document the calculation logic behind every worked example. Every guide carries a visible dateModified and the next-review date is set quarterly.
Editor disclosures and conflict-of-interest positions are published on the editor profile below. PayslipIQ does not accept paid placements inside guide content, and takes no commission or percentage of any tax refund. The advertising and disclosure policy is published at /advertising, and mistakes are handled under the correction policy.
What is deliberately not claimed here
No professional designation, external profile link or photograph is published for an editor until it can be checked against a public register or a URL that resolves. Four named profiles were removed from this site in 2026 because their credentials and LinkedIn URLs could not be verified. A real name with an honest role is worth more than a decorated one nobody can check, and every claim made here is meant to survive being checked.