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Christmas benefits for staff
As we begin to prepare for the festive season, now is a good time to review the typical Christmas benefits that many employers provide to ...
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National Living Wage and Living Wage Rates Announced
Last week the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in his Budget speech to Parliament that the National Living Wage would increase by 6.6% to £9.50 per ...
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Company car, Van & Fuel Benefit 2022/23
On 27 October, the day of the Autumn Budget, HMRC published detailed information regarding their policy on the van benefit charge and fuel benefit charges ...
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Student Loans Guidance Update
There are four types of student loan repayment plans; Plans 1, 2, 4 and postgraduate loans (PGL). A borrower is normally only required to repay ...
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Personal & Stakeholder Pension Statistics
HMRC has recently released information gathered by the National Statistics office on Personal and Stakeholder pension. The report provides information and analysis on personal pension ...
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Health & Social Care Levy
The Government recently announced that they will be introducing an additional increase to national insurance contributions to provide for social care. Following on from this ...
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Freeports NI Relief – New NI Categories
HMRC’s Software Developers Team (SDT) have now published a briefing for payroll software developers providing further details on the Freeports Employer’s NI Relief. Here we ...
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The Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA) is Going Up
In 2006 the Government introduced the Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA) which was set at the age of 50. This means that registered pension schemes ...
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The Rules on Preventing Illegal Workers Has Changed
As a direct result of the UK leaving the European Union, the rules on a worker’s right to work in the UK have changed. Transitional ...
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PAYE Settlement Agreements
What is a PAYE Settlement Agreement? PAYE Settlement Agreements, often simply referred to as PSAs were introduced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the ...
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Payroll and HR Software: The Complete Guide for 2021
Running a payroll requires a great deal of administration – duties that can distract from business-critical matters and the day-to-day responsibilities of running and growing ...
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Case Study: Cintra Cloud Pay Variance Indicators
Since the release of Cintra Cloud our product designers have been conducting ongoing user research to ensure that we continue to develop our software to ...
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