Holiday Pay Zero Hours Workers Employers should be aware of a significant change in how holiday pay for hourly paid irregular hours workers is calculated. Following the recent Supreme Court decision in Harpur Trust v Brazel clarifies the position on how holiday pay for irregular workers on permanent contracts should be calculated. Who is impacted…
Employment Allowance Reform Eligibility rules for the Employment Allowance are changing Employment Allowance will be restricted to employers with NICs liabilities of under £100,000 in the previous tax year from 6 April 2020. Employment Allowance can only be claimed if total qualifying employers’ (secondary) Class 1 NICs liability in the previous tax year was less…
Payslip Law Changes for 2019 / 2020 With so many big legislative shake-ups surrounding pay, such as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, pay has been getting closer scrutiny from the Government. It has been revealed that some employers have been either inadvertently, or deliberately, flouting UK employment law and denying employees their…
Employment Allowance Changes 2020 The Employment Allowance allows certain businesses who employ workers to reduce their annual National Insurance Contributions by up to £3,000. New rules on the types of businesses eligible to claim the reduction are due to be introduced for the 2020/21 tax year. Eligibility until 5th April 2020 Until 5th April 2020,…
Student Loan Plan Thresholds April 2019 HMRC have announced the increase in Student Loan Plan 1 and Plan 2 thresholds from 6 April 2019 and Postgraduate Loans (PGL). The thresholds of Plan 1 and Plan 2 Student Loans are increasing from April 2019. The current thresholds for the tax year 2018-19 are: • Plan 1…
Autumn Statement Review 2016 Autumn Statement Review 2016 For Employers The new chancellor has announced the autumn statement review. We look at this from an employers viewpoint. National Living wage A rise in the National Living Wage will come into effect from April 2017. For over 25’s this will increase from £7.20 to £7.50 per…
Employers are you claiming your Employers Allowance? Most employers are entitled to claim Employers allowance worth £3000 this tax year against your business National Insurance, but many are missing out. We have identified refunds worth £16,000 for new clients in April alone when setting up their payroll. Many small employers running their payroll in house appear to be unaware of this significant…
IR35 Test Case HMRC has won its first IR35 test case. The Managed Serviced Company (MSC) rules were introduced from 6 April 2007 to crack down on businesses that ignored the IR35 rules on an industrial scale. Those businesses provided tens of thousands of workers such as cleaners, drivers and security guards, with packaged service companies.…
Employers Allowance For NI We have noticed a number of new clients have not been claiming their Employers Allowance for NI through payroll. We have saved each client up to £4000 each when taking over new payrolls recently and checking if they have enabled the employment allowance claim. This is easily missed, particularly by smaller employers without…
National Minimum Wage Increase 2016 National Minimum Wage Increase From 1st October 2016 The government have announced a national minimum wage increase 2016 for 21 to 24-year-olds by 3.7% to £6.95 per hour from 1st October 2016, after the Government accepted recommendations for the new rates from the Low Pay Commission (LPC). Workers aged between 18 and…
