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RPI or CPI – are we worried?
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011Last week, the Office for National Statistics announced the inflation figures for September 2011. Whilst these are always a guaranteed news item, do we really give the figures the attention that they deserve? For example, the headlines read that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) moved to a 20-year high of 5.6%. However, in the acronym-filled payroll [...]
Scottish agricultural wages, Ethiopia, dispensation.
Monday, June 20th, 2011A welcome quiet week for news, so just a reminder that the year-end reporting season is nearing its end and all expenses and benefits Returns must be filed, with copies for your employees, by 6 July. Our Employer FAQ looks at dispensations, both the time-saving benefits and how to go about applying for one. And [...]
Unlawful wage deductions, Low Pay Commission remit, abolition of tax reliefs, high risk tax avoidance, computers as a benefit
Monday, June 13th, 2011If an employee is available for work but is unable to attend, is the employer obliged to pay wages? In many cases it depends on whether what is preventing attendance is ‘avoidable’ or “unavoidable’. Our Employment Appeal Tribunal report this week illustrates the difference. HM Treasury and HMRC have published a number of consultation documents [...]
HMRC focusing on compliance, new HMRC Advisory fuel rates and Consultation on abolition of 36 tax reliefs
Monday, June 6th, 2011Ian Congreave, who normally writes this Newsletter is taking a well-earned break and I am covering for Ian for the week. The message coming from HMRC is definitely one of “focus on compliance”, see for yourself by clicking on the latest news link from the HMRC Home Page you will notice that all of the [...]
Parental leave and flexible working reforms, RTI update, abolition of contracting out
Thursday, May 19th, 2011Our major discussion article this week reviews the Government’s newly published proposals for replacing additional paternity leave with flexible and paid parental leave. Please read our summary carefully – the changes are radical and require some mental adjustments. Although parental leave and extending flexible working to all employees are the headline changes, you are more [...]
More tribunal cases lost by HMRC, guidance on agency workers, no excuses for not filing online
Thursday, May 12th, 2011Most of this week’s news focuses on HMRC, with even more cases lost at tax tribunals over what makes a “reasonable excuse” and the introduction of new issues over the standard of proof required when penalties are imposed. Curiously, all of the recent adverse rulings have been made by one particular Tribunal judge – is [...]
NMW and salaried staff
Friday, May 6th, 2011A pleasantly quiet week with, seemingly, most of the Government departments taking long holidays. But, so you have something to read, we have included an updated version of one of our favourite Employer FAQs about salaried employees and the National Minimum Wage. So, think about the salaried staff in your business, the number of hours [...]
Reasonable excuse, RTI, travel expenses
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011I have always thought that HMRC takes an unreasonably hard line to taxpayer “excuses” for not being able to file their return or make their payment on time. Now, a tribunal judge has clearly said so, at least in the specific circumstances of the cases in question. Whether or not HMRC appeals the decisions, the [...]
Disguised remunerations, Helpbook E12, auto-enrolment and aggregation
Thursday, April 21st, 2011We mentioned last week about a problem with the E12 Helpbook. HMRC has confirmed the error and one of our news items this week explains the situation. Otherwise, our other two items are of a specialist nature – one addressing a tax avoidance issue with Employee Benefit Trusts, the other the complexities of aggregating earnings [...]
