Shared Parental Leave

New regulations came into force on 1 December 2014 which apply to eligible parents where a baby is due, or a child is placed for adoption, on or after 5 April 2015 enabling parents flexibility in the way they take their parental leave. If an employee is eligible for Shared Parental Leave they can use it to take [...]

State Pension – all change!

When the new flat rate State Pension comes into effect on 6 April 2016, there will be winners and losers. The potential losers need to take action now. From that date you need to have 10 qualifying years in order to get anything. To get the maximum you will need to have 35 qualifying years – currently [...]

Auto Enrolment into Workplace Pensions?

You have probably seen the Government’s advertising campaign about “Auto Enrolment” into “Workplace Pension Schemes” and may be wondering whether it affects your business. If you employ workers under a PAYE scheme then the answer is “YES”. If your business qualifies as a small business it is unlikely you will need to automatically enrol anyone [...]

Auto Enrolment into Workplace Pensions

It will soon be time for small and medium sized businesses to auto enrol workers into a pension scheme – It is important that businesses start planning for this sooner rather than later to avoid delays and penalties. What is Auto Enrolment? It is a new legal duty you need to follow as a business [...]

Auto Enrolment into Workplace Pensions?

You have probably seen the Government’s advertising campaign about “Auto Enrolment” into “Workplace Pension Schemes” and may be wondering whether it affects your business. If you employ workers under a PAYE scheme then the answer is “YES”. If your business qualifies as a small business it is unlikely you will need to automatically enrol anyone [...]

Are you ready for Real Time Information?

As you are probably aware, from April 2013, HMRC are changing the way employers report payroll information. Rather than sending information at the payroll year end, information must now be reported in real time. This means sending details to HMRC every time you make a salary payment to an employee or director at the time [...]

Still a Really Good Bet

There are not many things you can spend on these days which get you tax relief.  Pensions have to be one of the best investments around and you get tax  relief on what you put in – subject to certain restrictions. You can get relief on what you put in subject to a maximum of [...]

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