Government publishes revised timetable for pensions auto-enrolment
02/02/2012 - More...
The Government has published a revised staging timetable for when employers of all sizes must start enrol...

Submitting online VAT returns
01/02/2012 - More...
From 1 April 2012 all VAT Returns must be submitted online and payment must be made electronically. This ...

Commonwealth games tax break announced
01/02/2012 - More...
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has announced a tax break for athletes that take pa...

PAYE penalties
01/02/2012 - More...
The tax office has now begun to issue penalty notices to employers that have not filed their starter and ...

PAYE – share based payments
25/01/2012 - More...
New regulations were introduced in April 2011 which changed the tax code that applies to certain payments...

Qualifying period increase for unfair dismissal will not be retrospective
23/01/2012 - More...
On 6 April 2012, the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal will increase from one year to two y...

Fraudulent emails from 'HMRC'
18/01/2012 - More...
It is apparent that a significant number of fraudulent emails are still being sent to taxpayers purp...

Business records checks under review
18/01/2012 - More...
The Business Records Checks programme imposes penalties for significant record-keeping failures relating ...

Contractual disclosure facility (CDF)
18/01/2012 - More...
A new Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) was launched by HMRC on 31 January 2012. The CDF is a facilit...

Class 2 National Insurance contributions
11/01/2012 - More...
Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are paid by all self-employed taxpayers unless they quali...

New PAYE coding notices
11/01/2012 - More...
New PAYE coding notices are being issued that inform taxpayers of their new tax codes for the t...

Research and Development (R&D) tax credits
11/01/2012 - More...
Research and Development (R&D) tax credits were introduced for small and medium sized enterprises (SM...

Employment legislation in 2012
06/01/2012 - More...
With the government having announced a whole raft of proposals for possible employment law reform during ...

Labour providers and the Olympic games
03/01/2012 - More...
It has been estimated that the Olympic and Paralympic Games will involve more than 50,000 contracts, wort...

Self assessment deadline is approaching
03/01/2012 - More...
The deadline for submitting 2010/11 self assessment tax returns online is 31 January 2012. Taxpayers shou...

HMRC are now accepting faster payments
21/12/2011 - More...
HMRC have announced that with effect from 16 December 2011, they will be able to accept payment via the F...

Tribunal – late submission of P35
21/12/2011 - More...
A tribunal case once again looked at the issue whether HMRC had acted unreasonably in delaying the time i...

Budget 2012
21/12/2011 - More...
The Chancellor has announced that the 2012 Budget will be held on Wednesday, 21 March 2012. The date was ...

New compensation limits announced for 2012
20/12/2011 - More...
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011 has been published and will come into force from 1 ...

HMRC use credit agencies to help identify fraud
14/12/2011 - More...
Two Government departments, HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), have signed a twelve mon...

Tribunal – one business or two?
14/12/2011 - More...
A recent case heard by the First Tier Tribunal concerned an appeal against a direction by HMRC that two s...

New statutory payment amounts announced for 2012
14/12/2011 - More...
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the proposed new rates for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), S...

Draft Finance Bill 2012 published
07/12/2011 - More...
The Government published the Finance Bill 2012 draft clauses, explanatory notes and draft secondary legis...

Duty free limits for travellers
07/12/2011 - More...
If you are travelling abroad make sure you comply with the following duty and tax free allowances.  ...