Archive for July, 2008

We are now ready to start accepting applications for The Payroll Directory. (if you missed the last post about this you can read it HERE) As soon as we have a handful of payroll and HR companies on display, we will open The Payroll Directory to the public. The question is… do YOU want to [...]

Date: October 14th & 15th 2008 Our new central location: London’s Olympia 2 The all new Softworld HR and Payroll Solutions – sharper, more relevant, more user-friendly – and with even more of Europe’s top software and e-specialists showcasing all the latest products and services all under one roof, it’s the only show for payroll [...]

In June 2008, HRMC announced that “the biggest change to PAYE for over 20 years” would take place in October 2008. This was not a reference to the introduction of online filing of in-year forms, nor to revolutionary new PAYE procedures. Rather, it described the start of the process of merging all employee records onto [...]

In a newly published States Report, the Treasury and Resources Department proposes to change income tax law to require the taxation of benefits-in-kind through the Employees’ Tax Instalment (ETI) Scheme from 1 January 2009, and to change income tax and social security law to provide for the exchange of information between the respective departments in [...]

In December 2007, in a consultation document entitled Benefits in kind and expense payments in the payroll – a fresh approach, HMRC published proposals to abolish the £8,500 earnings rate threshold, below which form P9D reporting rules apply, from April 2009, and introduce taxation of all benefits and expenses through the payroll by all employers [...]

First-time comprehensive Double Taxation Conventions between the United Kingdom and the Republics of Moldova and Slovenia were signed in November 2007 respectively. The Convention with Slovenia will replace the 1981 Convention between the United Kingdom and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. New Conventions have also been finalised with New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. All [...]

UPDATE: The Payroll Directory – Click Here to apply for an entry. In just a little while we will be unveiling a new addition to the PayPerShop family. The UK Payroll Directory Although the international directory on PayPerShop.com will remain, the UK directory will gradually be phased out to be replaced with this brand new [...]

The International Tax Enforcement (Bermuda) Order 2008 was made on 9 July 2008. It is the first comprehensive Tax Information Exchange Arrangement (TIEA) to be signed by the UK with an Overseas Territory and broadly follows the Model Agreement on Exchange of Information on Tax Matters that is provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation [...]

The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales met on 16-18 June 2008 to discuss proposals for a new Wages Order to come into force on 1 October 2008. Representations on any of the changes may be sent to the Secretary of the Board, no later than 21 July 2008. The proposals include the following [...]

On 11 August 2008, the Labour Court will hold Inquiries into the proposal by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to abolish the four existing Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) in the clothing sector and replace them with a single JLC to operate in relation to workers employed in the clothing sector and their employers. [...]

HMRC has provided two pages of information, one for individuals and one for employers, about the way in which the increase in the personal allowance will be introduced from 7 September 2008. Further information: Find out what the increased Personal Allowance means for individuals Find out what the increased Personal Allowance means for employers The [...]

The rates up to which employees’ travelling expenses in their own vehicles may be paid free of tax and without specific Revenue approval have been increased from 1 July 2008, as follows. There are no changes to bicycle rates. Further information: IT51 Employees Motoring/Bicycle Expenses Travel Rates for Motor Cars effective from the 1st July [...]

Courtesy of the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP), we are able to provide sight of the new version of form SSP1 that will come into use from 27 October 2008. It must not be used by employers before that date. Further information: Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and an employee’s claim for benefit The UK Payroll [...]

Talent Management Europe 2008, 1-2 October 2008 Successful Succession Spotlight Day, 30 September 2008 Amsterdam, Netherlands BME Global is proud to present TME 08, its 4th Annual European Talent Management Conference. TME 08 will dig deep into leading Talent Management Strategies by including even more extended international case studies, interactive sessions, focused workshops and head [...]

The owners of a Sheffield butcher’s shop have been ordered to pay over £11,000 to two former employees after they failed to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It is the fourth successful NMW criminal prosecution and the first for deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage. The six potential criminal offences under section 31 [...]

Amendments have been made to the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 that make it possible for the administration of SSP to be simplified in two respects from 27 October 2008. 1. Requirement to provide SSP history on form SSP1. Exclusion form SSP1 is completed by an employer and given to a sick employee when [...]

The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to prepare a further report on the National Minimum Wages (NMW). The increases recommended by the LPC in its February 2008 Report were accepted by the Government and come into force in October 2008. The next Report, due to be presented in February 2009, will recommend [...]

In response to a question, HMRC has provided the following statement concerning the way in which the September increase in the personal tax allowance will be applied to employees who are paid using the Simplified PAYE Deduction Scheme. “We will be issuing new P12s showing the revised tax codes during the period 26-29 August. The [...]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is running a pilot study to assess the use of electronically generated medical statements (form Med 3) as an alternative to the handwritten version that is currently used. The pilot study involves approximately 20 GP practices in Wales and only employers with employees registered at those practices will [...]

In response to a question, HMRC has provided the following statement concerning the way in which the September increase in the personal tax allowance will be applied to students for whom a current form P38(S) is in force. “A new form P38(S)(2008)(2) is being introduced for use on or after 7 September which reflects the [...]