HMRC has published the latest update for pension scheme administrators about the ending of contracting-out in countdown bulletin 39. This edition discusses scheme financial reconciliation, whereby all schemes will be offered the opportunity to request their financial position. Following testing, all schemes currently in scope can request their financial position as at 7 October 2018. Schemes […]
Read articleLast week’s Budget 2018 announced a number of changes to the main Income Tax rates and allowances for the 2019/20 tax year. HMRC has published an annex, which includes the main rates and allowances announced in the Budget 2018, and is useful as a single point of reference for the latest changes. The annex also covers all […]
Read articleHMRC has published the latest update for pension scheme administrators about the ending of contracting-out in countdown bulletin 38. This edition includes updates on:
Read articleHMRC has published its latest Employment Related Securities (ERS) Bulletin which provides information and updates on developments relating to ERS, including tax-advantaged employee share schemes. ERS bulletins are published when articles or updates become available and when HMRC has items to bring to your attention quickly. This latest edition includes articles on:
Read articleThe National Living Wage (NLW) will rise to £8.21 from April 2019 an increase of 4.9 per cent, while the government has also accepted the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC’s) above inflation recommendations to increase the National Minimum Wage (NMW). Philip Hammond announced the increases in his 2018 Budget speech, stating: “Delivering higher wages for those […]
Read articleEmployers have been reminded that they only have until 5 November to submit their responses to the consultation into the scope of the Welsh rates of Income Tax. The Wales Act 2014 introduces the Welsh rates of Income Tax, which will be implemented in April 2019. This requires technical changes to legislation to ensure the new Welsh […]
Read articleHMRC has outlined the Student Loan thresholds from 6 April 2019. The current thresholds for the tax year 2018/19 are: The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that from 6 April 2019 the thresholds will increase to: Student loan deductions will remain the same, at nine per cent for Plan 1 and Plan 2 loans. […]
Read articleHMRC has released the latest edition of its Agent Update. It includes details on:
Read articleThe Court of Appeal has dismissed the case against the High Court’s decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for its employee’s misuse of data. Back in 2014 Andrew Skelton, a former senior auditor at the supermarket giant, stole the personal data of more than 100,000 employees and posted it online. Although the individual involved was charged […]
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