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Editorial standards
How we write, source, review and update everything you read on PayslipIQ. Plus what we will never do.
PayslipIQ provides educational information and estimated calculations only. It does not provide tax, legal, financial, payroll, accounting, pension, benefits or employment advice. Always verify your payslip, tax code, deductions and take-home pay with your employer's payroll department, HMRC, your pension provider, a qualified accountant, tax adviser or another appropriately qualified professional.
Sourcing
We source tax rates, thresholds and statutory pay figures from HMRC and gov.uk for the UK, and from Revenue (Ireland) for our Irish content. Where we cite rates, we link to the original source. Where we describe procedure (for example, how to claim an emergency tax refund), we link to the gov.uk page that describes the official process.
Review cadence
Every page carries a Last reviewed date. We review every page at the start of each UK tax year (early April) to update rates, thresholds, and statutory pay figures. Major changes (Budget announcements, NI rate changes) trigger an out-of-cycle review within 14 days.
Named editors
Every page is reviewed by a named editor. Editor bios are on the Editors page. If an editor leaves, their bio is archived; we never reuse a departed editor's name on new content.
Hedge language policy
Tax law is complex and individual circumstances vary. We therefore use cautious phrasing on outcome claims: "may", "can be", "is likely to" rather than "is" or "will". We never promise a refund, deduction reversal, or tax outcome.
Conflict-of-interest rules
We disclose any commercial relationship with a partner brand on the same page that recommends them. We do not accept paid placement in our explainer or AI-generated outputs. Affiliate relationships, where they exist, are disclosed at the point of recommendation.
AI-generated content rules
We use AI to generate first drafts of explainer text from your payslip data. The output is bounded by structured prompts that prohibit advice, prohibit speculation, and require the canonical disclaimer to be appended to every output. Static editorial content (hub pages, Q&A pages, audience guides) is written and reviewed by humans before publication.
Corrections
We correct factual errors quickly and visibly. The Corrections policy describes how to flag a correction and what we publish when we make one.
PayslipIQ provides educational information and estimated calculations only. It does not provide tax, legal, financial, payroll, accounting, pension, benefits or employment advice. Always verify your payslip, tax code, deductions and take-home pay with your employer's payroll department, HMRC, your pension provider, a qualified accountant, tax adviser or another appropriately qualified professional.