Statutory payment rates for tax year 2019/20 confirmed
Following the written ministerial statement published in November 2018 announcing the proposed new rates for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP), Statutory
Paying young people and children
When a new employee is added to the payroll it is the employers’ responsibility to ensure they meet the employees’ rights and deduct the correct amount of tax from their salary.
Who can or cannot claim the Employment Allowance
The Employment Allowance of £3,000 per year is available to most businesses and charities to be offset against their employers Class 1 NIC bill. The allowance can be claimed as
UK Living Wage rates rise
The Living Wage Foundation (an initiative of Citizens UK) recently announced Living Wage rates for London and the UK at £10.55 an hour and £9 an hour respectively. These Living
Receipts to cover certain expenses to be abolished?
A new measure to remove the requirement for employers to check receipts for expense claims made by employees using the HMRC benchmark scale rates or overseas scale rates is to be
PAYE late filing penalties
There are late filing penalties in place for employers that don’t report payroll information on time. The size of the late filing penalties depends on the number of employees
New advisory fuel rates published
Advisory fuel rates are intended to reflect actual average fuel costs and are updated quarterly. The rates can be used by employers who reimburse employees for business travel in
Employers have published gender pay gap data
Under new gender pay gap regulations that came into force in April 2017, all employers with over 250 employees are required to report their gender pay gap data. The Government
What are the maximum weekly working hours?
There are working time limits that state the legal maximum weekly working hours that a person has to work should not exceed 48 hours a week on average. The maximum hours for under
Final reminder to submit P11D forms
Employers are reminded that the deadline for submitting the 2017-18 forms P11D, P11D(b) and P9D, is 6 July 2018. P11D forms are used to provide information to HMRC on all Benefits