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
NMW and LW enforcement measures
A new press release has revealed that in 2017-18, HMRC investigators identified £15.6 million in back pay that is owed to over 200,000 of the UK’s lowest paid workers. This was an
Don’t forget to handout P60s
The deadline for employers to provide employees with a copy of their P60 form is by 31 May 2018. A P60 must be given to all employees that were on the payroll on the last day of
Treatment of termination payments
With effect from 6 April 2018, employers will need to pay Income Tax and Class 1 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) on certain parts of termination payments made to employees
Minimum wage increases
New National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates come into effect on 1 April 2018. The NLW first came into effect on 1 April 2016 and is the minimum hourly rate