Since the inception of RTI (real time reporting) for payroll payments, some employers have had difficulties reconciling what they think they owe the HMRC with what the HMRC believes is owed:- HMRC have issued a report which sets out findings from an analysis following feedback that...
The AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has shown further commitment toward focusing on the professional ethics for its members The AAT has stressed its commitment to raising the focus on professional ethics in the wake of recent widespread publicity on tax avoidance issues. The pledge is contained...
Any taxpayers who have still yet to file their tax return for the tax year ended 5th April 2012 will be issued stiff penalties from the HMRC. All tax returns for the 11/12 tax year should have been filed by the 31st January 2013....
All payroll liability payments are to be made to a central HMRC bank account with effect from this tax year (all employee pay dates made on or after the 6th April 2013). Please read the HMRC's notice below for further detail of how this...
The HMRC is continuing with its business record checks campaign to see if businesses are complying with their onerous business record keeping obligations. From November 2012, thousands of small business owners and self-employed people across the UK started to receive letters informing them that their business...
The HMRC are introducing the largest change since the second world war to the way in which employers report their payroll with the introduction of RTI (Real Time Information) starting on the 6th April 2013 "As an employer, each time you pay an employee, you already...
To Chancellor George Osborne it is a simplification in a complex tax system. To its critics, it is a "granny tax". But what exactly does the most controversial measure in Wednesday's Budget mean for you? The change in age-related personal allowances - the amount of income that is tax-free -...