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RTI New Year’s Resolutions

As 2021 draws to a close, we turn our thoughts to 2022 and maybe some New Year’s resolutions. HMRC have come up with some suggestions ...
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Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Rates for 2022/23

The DWP has now confirmed the new Statutory Sick Pay rates for 2022/23.   The following rates apply from 6 April 2022:  Unrounded daily rates Normal ...
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Statutory Payment Rates for Parental Pay 2022/23

The DWP has now confirmed the new statutory payment rates for parental pay for 2022/23.   The following rates apply from Sunday 3 April 2022:  Type ...
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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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preventing illegal workers

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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