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Paying wages to connected persons
- December 20, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
No CommentsThe definition of a connected person for tax purposes includes certain relatives, trustees, partners and companies.
A person is connected with an individual if that person is
the
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PAYE payment dates
- December 11, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
We would like to remind employers about the electronic PAYE payment dates. The due date for electronic PAYE payments falls on the 22nd of the month and when a payment is made electronically; a payment
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Reporting PAYE information in real time
- November 27, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
In December 2018, HMRC wrote to employers to advise of a temporary easement on reporting PAYE information in real time over the Christmas period. This was put in place because many employers pay their
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Increase in National Living Wage?
- November 13, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
An independent review into the evidence on minimum wage rates has been published by the government. The review concludes that increases in the National Living Wage (NLW) have little effect on
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Waivers of remuneration
- November 13, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
A waiver of remuneration happens when a director or an employee gives up their right to salary or other cash remuneration and gets nothing in return. Where the employee gets a non-cash benefit in
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PAYE late filing penalties
- August 20, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
There are late filing penalties in place for employers that don’t report payroll information on time. The size of the late filing penalties depends on the number of employees within the PAYE
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Home to work travel that may be allowed
- July 10, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
Whilst there is usually no tax relief for ordinary commuting – home to work – there are a number of exceptions. The term 'ordinary commuting' is defined to mean travel between a permanent
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OpRA’s defined
- July 10, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
The Optional Remuneration Arrangements (OpRA) legislation was introduced with effect from 6 April 2017. The legislation counters the tax and NIC advantages of benefits where an employee gives up the
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Disguised remuneration schemes
- June 26, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
Loans schemes also known as disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes have been used by some employers and individuals in order to try and avoid paying Income Tax and National Insurance
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Have you adopted the new minimum wage rates?
- May 28, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Payroll
The new National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates came into effect on 1 April 2019. The NLW first came into effect on 1 April 2016 and is the minimum hourly rate that must be