The Government is planning to abolish rules under which the first £30,000 of redundancy payments are tax free in a move which will have far reaching implications for companies and employees from 2018. Read more…
Tax Updates
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£30k tax-free redundancy payments to be scrapped
Office of Tax Simplification Proposes Removal of £30k Tax-Exempt Termination Payments
On 31 July 2014, the Office of Tax Simplification (“OTS”) published it’s final report into the review of taxation of employee benefits and expenses. That final report suggested the removal of the £30,000 tax exemption for compensation payments on termination of employment. Read more…
Office of Tax Simplification Proposes Removal of £30k Tax-Exempt Termination Payments
More Than 5 Million Caught By Tax Miscalculations Despite Introduction of RTI
Around 5.5 million people have paid the wrong amount of tax to HM Revenue and Customs, with an estimated 3.5 million facing further payments to HMRC, as a result of insufficient tax being collected through PAYE in 2013/14. Read more…
More than 5 million caught by tax miscalculations despite introduction of RTI
National Insurance Break for Employers
It was announced in the autumn statement that employers can offset up to £2,000 per tax year of secondary Class 1 NICs – what is being offered is an ‘employer allowance’. Read more…
National insurance break for employers
RTI Penalties Delayed
HMRC has announced that they will delay the introduction of automatic penalties for late real time payroll runs by up to one year. Read more…
RTI penalties delayed
RTI Relaxation Extended - Small Employers
HM Revenue and Customs announced a temporary relaxation of real-time PAYE reporting rules for small employers, detailed in our post on 26 March. This was due to end 5 October 2013 but the relaxation period has now been extended until April 2014. Read more…
RTI Relaxation Extended - Small Employers
Budget Summary 2013
The medicine has been delivered in the form of George Osbourne‘s fourth budget, but don‘t expect the patient, G.B. Plc, to jump right off the sick-bed. As widely expected, the chancellor was boxed in politically and only minor economic tweaks were delivered. There are, as always, some concerning tax changes being mooted but the details is not available at this time; we sincerely hope that this Government returns to proper consultation which leads to certainty and good legislation. Read more…
Budget Summary 2013
Extension for Real Time Information Reporting for Small Employers
HM Revenue and Customs have announced that small employers with less than 50 employees will be allowed a six-month relaxation from implementing Real Time Information (RTI). Read more…
Extension for Real Time Information Reporting
Further Extensions Requested to RTI Penalty-free Period
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has asked HMRC to consider extending the penalty-free period for the new ‘Real Time Information’ system, which is commencing on 6 April 2013. Read more…
Further Extensions Requested to RTI Penalty-free Period
Implications of Real Time Information
Employers of all sizes will need to submit electronic returns of payroll data to HMRC under Real Time Information (RTI) from October 2013, some employers and pension providers may have to join even earlier. Read more…
Implications of Real Time Information
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