Are You Affected By The 2019 Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge?

April 12, 2019
The HMRC are taking action against disguised remuneration schemes. The HMRC understand that not everyone entered these arrangements knowing that they are tax avoidance schemes. However, they have now created the ‘loan charge’. This charge will affect anyone who has been invol ...
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Can Charities Use Digital to Be More Successful

April 11, 2019
What is digital? In short, it is all about technology and in this case the lack of it. Lloyds Bank UK Business Digital Index revealed that more than 100,000 charities lack basic digital skills, which is over half the registered charities in the UK. They also reported that the ...
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Celebrating amazing payroll people should be your urgent priority

April 9, 2019
There. I’ve said it. Amazing payroll people. I’ve been in payroll for the last four and a half years. I’m still genuinely bowled over by the dedication and commitment payroll people make to the success of a company. And it’s all under the radar. It’s time again to celebrate t ...
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Are you ready for the gender pay reporting deadline?

April 2, 2019
By 4th April 2019 all companies with more than 250 employees must publish their gender pay gap report. Despite this, businesses are dragging their feet. With just one week to the deadline, nearly two-thirds of companies still have not disclosed the average difference between ...
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Crucial Payroll Changes to Be Introduced from April 2019

March 29, 2019
As the tax year is coming to an end, next month we are going to see a lot of important changes for Payroll that employers need to be aware of in order to stay compliant and prevent any embarrassing mistakes.   National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage   With effect ...
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Key Tax Year Dates for Startups in 2019/2020

March 22, 2019
  Startups, get out your calendars! The new financial year is approaching and you need to be ready to meet your payroll, tax and compliance deadlines. Around 50% of startups fail in their first four years. The primary reason for this is that there isn’t a market fo ...
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Will Payslip Law Change See Reduction In Free Labour?

March 21, 2019
From the 6th of April 2019, new legislation – known as the Employment Rights Act 1996 will change how UK employers provide payslips to their workforce and will make things a little clearer and give a means for employees to see if they have been paid properly. Employers ...
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Are we making progress closing the Gender Pay Gap?

March 8, 2019
In 2017 it became compulsory for businesses with over 250 employees to report their gender pay gap figures on a specialised Government website before the end of each financial year. Last year’s data revealed that a gender pay gap favouring men was present in 7,795 out of 10,0 ...
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The new financial year is bringing tax changes to Wales

March 1, 2019
It’s official, March is here which means the start of the new financial year is just around the corner. It’s the busiest time of year for payroll teams, not least because April always brings changes to systems and procedures. Today seems the perfect day to talk about a change ...
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GDPR: 59,000 breach reports in Europe, with more to come

February 26, 2019
A recent survey by DLA Piper has found that there have been over 59,000 data breach notifications across the European Economic Area since GDPR came into force on the 25th May 2018.   The Netherlands, Germany and the UK were found to be the worst offenders in the report w ...
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