Employers who failed to pay NMW named
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
Twenty five employers who failed to pay their employees the National Minimum Wage (NMW) have been named. According to the press release the employers owed workers more than £43,000 in arrears and in addition have incurred financial... Read Full Article...
Change of approach on PAYE penalty notices
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
HMRC have announced that they are changing their approach to issuing multiple penalty notices for the same PAYE non filing default. These changes impact both the 2012/13 and 2013/14 tax years. HMRC will issue reminder letters to... Read Full Article...
Latest employment and pay statistics
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
The Office for National Statistics has announced the latest employment and pay statistics. These include: There were 30.54 million people in work for February to April 2014, 345,000 more than for November 2013 to January 2014 and... Read Full Article...
HMRC writes to taxpayers about effective tax rates
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
HMRC is writing to certain taxpayers to tell them their effective rate of tax is lower than average and to ask them to check if it’s right. The letter states: ‘A person’s effective rate of tax is... Read Full Article...
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Deliberate defaulters
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
From time to time HMRC publish details of deliberate defaulters, those who have received penalties for deliberate errors in their tax returns or deliberately failing to comply with their tax obligations. The latest list can be viewed... Read Full Article...
New rules for retailers
Posted on Saturday, September 6th, 2014
From 13 June 2014 retailers who sell to consumers, including those selling digital content, must comply with the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. Some of the key rules introduced are: consumers will be... Read Full Article...
More HMRC guidance on the Employment Allowance
Posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2014
The Employment Allowance of up to £2,000 is available to most employers from 6 April 2014. Employers can reduce the amount of National Insurance contributions (NICs) they pay for their employees by up to £2,000. This is... Read Full Article...
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P11D forms don’t get them wrong
Posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2014
HMRC have published a list of common errors in the completion of forms P11D and guidance that medical benefits for lower paid employees are not reportable. The information is part of the lengthy Employer Bulletin so we... Read Full Article...
Shared Parental Leave
Posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2014
The current system of statutory pay and leave entitlements for employed parents is to be reformed for babies due (or adopted children placed) on or after 5 April 2015. The following guidance in contained in the lengthy... Read Full Article...
Pay your PAYE on time or face in-year interest on late payments
Posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2014
HMRC have issued further guidance on late payment interest on PAYE and CIS payments for 2014/15 onwards and how to avoid it. HMRC now charges interest on any late PAYE and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) payments. To... Read Full Article...
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