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26 December 2003

Payroll Standard Accreditation Scheme: new suppliers & systems added.

Share Schemes: guidance in new issue of 'Share Focus'.

P35 Return for 2003/04: final version to view.

Reimbursed expenses and benefits for homeworkers: guidance on applying new rules.

Non-Residents working in the UK for short periods: "60-day rule".

19 December 2003

Agency workers: guidance updated.

Compliance audits: pre-inspection questionnaire published.

Agricultural wages in Scotland: new rates from 1 January 2004.

Normal retirement age: for "unique" employees.

12 December 2003

Pre-Budget Statement: detailed review.

Membership bodies and workplace development: consultation on change.

Employer-provided childcare: final plans for tax & NICs alignment.

Pensions tax simplification: further consultation on reform.

Year-end forms: changes and guidance.

Inland Revenue Online Services: further clarification of issues.

Inland Revenue announces new IT partner: preferred supplier.

5 December 2003

Updated Pensions guidance: Cessation of contracted-out schemes.

Employment Relations Bill: trade union rights and recognition.

Equality legislation: Reminder of new legislation from December 2003.

Redundancy Pay, Guarantee Payments and tribunal awards: new limits from February 2004.

28 November 2003

Inland Revenue website: promised redesign is in place.

NICs alignment with income tax: new Bill to help employers amd the IR.

Out of date tax codes: urgent reminder.

Blind person's allowance: new booklet.

Payroll Standard Accreditation Scheme: new supplier on the list.

Recovery of overpayments and change of position: Court of Appeal decision.

Contracts tainted with illegality: Court of Appeal decision.

Rights at work leaflets: new from ACAS.

Working in the UK: new website for employers and workers.

21 November 2003

CA30 manual to be replaced: examples cause confusion?

Recovery of overpaid tax: changes to draft regulations.

Inland Revenue interest rates: they go back up.

Non-cash vouchers exempt from Class 1 NICs: matching the tax exemptions.

Self-employed subcontractors: new booklet.

Social Security Conventions: Korea & Japan.

Pre-Budget Report: date announced.

New Government website for small businesses: from the DTI.

Employment rights in Northern Ireland: matching rest of UK.

Calculator to work out unpaid overtime: TUC provides help.

14 November 2003

Recovering overpaid tax credits: code of practice available.

Double Taxation Conventions: Bahrain.

National Insurance Numbers: valid prefixes.

7 November 2003

Electronic filing and payments: guidance for different size employers.

Double Taxation Conventions: New Zealand, Mauritius, Greece.

New and revised booklets: Four news items.

National Minimum Wage and homeworkers: Detailed article on the new rules.

31 October 2003

Reminder - e-filing and e-payment notices: will arrive during November.

Rewritten PAYE Regulations: everything in one place.

Tax credit statistics: as at October 2003.

24 October 2003

Mandatory filing and payments "snapshot": already "taken"!

Pictures from the CIPD Exhibition 2003

17 October 2003

Compromise agreements: may be fully taxable in some circumstances.

International taxation: Revenue's internal manual published.

Employees not qualifying for SSP: new SSP1 form available.

Accredited payroll systems: several new systems added to the list.

10 October 2003

Double Taxation Conventions: Mauritius & Canada.

Construction Industry Scheme: feedback on proposals for reform.

SMP calculator: caution for maternity pay periods starting on or after 5/10/03.

Recovering overpaid tax credits: code of practice.

4 October 2003

Share Schemes: help with complex calculations of taxable gains.

New Inland Revenue website: what's in a name?

Electronic filing and payments - regulations: final regulations in force with some changes.

Electronic filing and payments - guidance: more detail, and what to expect from payroll system suppliers.

P11D format for 2003/04: final version confirmed.

Tax Credit notices: send and receive over the Internet.

26 September 2003

Payroll Standards: new standards for 2004/05.

Gifts of flowers: taxable when given to sick employees?

Value of share options: can selling costs be deducted?

Professional fees and annual subscriptions: list of approved bodies updated.

Employees not qualifying for SSP: SSP1 no longer a "changeover" form.

Deficiency Notices: how to advise employees.

National Minimum Wage: new rates from 1 October and annual report.

Adoption leave and pay: guidance on overseas adoptions.

Adoption leave and matching certificates: concerns that they do not meet statutory requirements and over potential for fraud - the DTI's comments.

Paternity leave and self-certificates: forms deprive employees of their statutory rights - the DTI's comments.

19 September 2003

Mariners' NICs: in-shore shipping operators beceom "host employers".

Employer-supported childcare: feedback on consultation on tax/NICs changes.

Agricultural gangmasters: report on illegal activities.

12 September 2003

Answers to statutory payment questions: E15 / E16 booklets clarified.

Employment Retention Scheme and Return to Work Credits: new schemes and tax/NICs relief.

Double Tax Conventions: Australia & Chile.

The "threat" of EU Regulation (continued): TUC's comments and CBI's response.

Stakeholder pensions - "encouraging start": take up in first two years.

Recovery of overpaid tax: High Court decision prompts change to tax law.

5 September 2003

New booklets and manuals: 6 new entries.

The "threat" of EU Regulation: employers' views.

Prevention of Illegal Working: consultation on evidence requirements.

29 August 2003

Tax credits and other kinds of help: what else are you entitled to?

Data protection: Inland Revenue code of practice.

Individual Learning Accounts reintroduced in Wales: the first replacement scheme.

Employment Equality Regulations: sexual orientation and religion or belief.

22 August 2003

Double Tax Convention: signed by the UK and Australia.

Securities acquired by reason of employment: Appointed Day confirmed.

National Minimum Wage consultation: on enforcement and penalties.

Consultation on statutory dispute resolution procedures: when the procedures apply and implications of ignoring.

8 August 2003

Employment Income Manual: specialist guidance on the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.

1 August 2003

Rolled-up holiday pay: EAT gives guidance for employers on when this is permitted.

Tax credit awards: first statistics for the new tax credits.

National minimum wage: new rates from October, and new method of calculating accomodation offset.

Personal services through intermediaries: new definition of 'personal work'.

25 July 2003

Filing year-end returns by magnetic media: why is it being scrapped? - the Revenue's comments.

Securities acquired by reason of employment: update and BVCA guidance.

End of year returns for 2003/04: early look at the changes.

Construction Industry tax certificates: obtaining a certificate.

Inland Revenue interest rates: charges on unpaid tax reduced.

18 July 2003

Electronic filing: a major update.

Quality Standard: version 2 published.

Double Tax Convention: between the UK and Chile.

Finance Act 2003: new measures brought into force.

Taxation of employment-related securities: questions and answers updated.

Information for Farmers: inaccurate information in CWG2 Further Guide.

P38(S) student employees: income from teaching or coaching.

Working Time Regulations: applies to previously excluded groups from 1st August.

Extra-statutory concession to help reservists: employers may keep reservists in schemes.

11 July 2003

Taxation of employment-related securities: NEW rules in the Finance Bill.

Professional fees: NEW addition to the qualifying list.

National Minimum Wage: Compare with Gross or Net?

Time off for public duties: What is reasonable time-off?

Payroll giving: latest statistics.

3 July 2003

Film and television industry: new guidance notes.

Electronic filing by EDI: not software developers list.

48-hour working week opt-out: will the UK's concession be renewed?

Health and safety in the office: latest guidance.

27 June 2003

Special NICs rules for entertainers: significant changes for employers affected.

Payment & benefits paid on change of employment: change of priorities for determining tax liabilities.

NICs liabilities on payments into FURBS: Revenue confirms "no change".

Reimbursement of bank charges: subject to tax and NICs?

Pensions simplification: introduction date announced.

20 June 2003

Mandatory electronic payments: draft regulations define the rules and penalties.

Data Protection - monitoring at work: Part 3 of the Code is published.

New agricultural wages order: new rates from July and October.

13 June 2003

Cycle-to-work meals: annual limit removed.

Meaning of "worker" for holiday pay: are self-employed people "workers"?

Workers from abroad - EU enlargement: new EC guide.

Lower age limit for SMP: 16 - but when?

Fraudulent declarations for SPP: what to do when you don't believe it.

Working for the employer during the Maternity Pay Period: which weeks are lost?

Booklets E15, E16 and the Supplements: superficial?

30 May 2003

New Pensions booklet: stakeholders schemes.

Tax exemptions for minor benefits: parties, gifts and awards.

Holiday leave year: when the default year applies.

23 May 2003

Juror Allowances: increases in financial loss allowances.

Changes to NICs regulations: recovering NICs and P60s.

Payroll Test Data: latest volumes available.

16 May 2003

New publications: new booklets on tax credits & Check Off.

National Minimum Wage: new legislation on enforcement notices.

9 May 2003

Elections to contract-out work: new "one-stop shop" for tax approvals and contracting-out.

Consultation on employer-provided vans: important proposals that will increase tax charges.

Company car and car fuel calculator: on-line and interactive.

Errors in Revenue booklets: Help Book E15 & booklet 480.

Tax Credit Notices: Starts, Stops and Amendments.

2 May 2003

New Booklets: Inland Revenue, DTI & ACAS.

Tax Credit Award delays: guidance for applicants.

Agency workers and employment status: Court of Appeal ruling affects employers.

25 April 2003

NICs for mariners working in UK territorial waters: change of guidance.

Court Order Handbook: new electronic guidance issued.

Statutory holiday leave and pay: ruling against "rolling up" arrangements.

Union learning representatives: new rules take effect.

Individual Learning Accounts: "serious maladministration".

18 April 2003

Compulsory Electronic Filing: implications of draft regulations.

Quality standards for electronic end-of-year returns: get them right or risk penalties.

Creating more than one PAYE scheme: pros and cons.

Further Budget information: points of clarification.

Inland Revenue Personal Reference: what they are, and what they are not.

P11D changes for 2003/04: new reporting requirement.

Overpayment of tax credits: how to avoid any liabilities.

Working Tax Credit payment errors: when applying amendment notices.

Reservists and share schemes: tax & NICs benefits protected.

New and obsolete booklets: Updates and reissues.

Student Loan deductions: revised guidance.

4 April 2003

Double Taxation Conventions: new agreements from April 2003.

New booklets: four booklets issued or reissued.

Pensions earnings cap: increase is subject to confirmation.

Tax thresholds: increases for 2003 / 2004.

Commencement dates for employment legislation: commitments for the future.

Overseas adoptions: new rules for SPP & SAP.

Statutory holiday pay: is overtime included in normal working hours?

21 March 2003

Accredited payroll systems: new systems added to the list.

Entitlement to Working Tax Credit: when employees are in "remunerative" work.

Goodbye "emoluments": The new Taxes Act starts to have effect.

Entertainers as employed earners: when there is no Class 1 NICs liability.

New employee booklets: two explanatory booklets

Review of employers' records: Code of Practice updated.

National Minimum Wage: New rates from October 2003 and October 2004.

Pensions Updates: major updates to official Guidance Notes.

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Issue No 19 - 14 April 2003

Some of these News Items appeared in Payroll Briefing 19

Subscriptions to professional bodies: latest list of approved bodies available.

Employer-supported childcare: consultation on extending tax and NICs relief.

Quarterly payments: definition of "small employer" updated.

National Minimum Wage and homeworkers: consultation on replacing fair estimate agreements.

State Second Pension: annual changes to accrual thresholds.

Redundancy calculator: DTI offers basic interactive calculator.

Adoption leave and pay: wording for declaration of election to receive SAP.

Issue No 18 - 28 March 2003

Another Late Budget for Payrollers: Budget & implementation dates.

Tax Credits and P60s: Rules relaxed.

Tax Credits: Changes in Employees' circumstances.

Flexible Working: New official guidelines.

London Congestion Charging: Rules for company & private vehicles.

Child Benefit: New Responsibility for the Inland Revenue.

Business Economic Notes: New internal Revenue guidance.

Issue No 17 - 6 March 2003

Employer's Pack 2003: Booklets to order IMMEDIATELY.

International Issues: New guidance for UK workers abroad and employees coming to work in the UK.

Pay in Lieu of Notice: New Revenue guidance on tax liabilities.

Issue No 16 - 13 February 2003

Tax Credits: NEW booklets about OLD tax credits.

Electronic Filing: First guidance on the Payroll Process Improvement Programme.

Electronic Exchange: Updated guidance on EDI.

NI Number / Date of Birth Checking Service: New booklet available.

Issue No 15 - 4 February 2003

New Working Time Limits for Young Workers:
Extended article about working time and night work rules from April 2003.

Flexible Working Rules Finalised:
Extended article after publication of final regulations, effective April 2003.

New booklet on Maternity Rights: DTI provides help and new documents.

Issue No 14 - 21 January 2003

No Feedback on Carter Review: Is compulsory filing really what employers want?

SMP Calculator: New version, but still problems

Compliance Audits: Procedure for negotiations

Junior Doctors: Timetable for compliance

Issue No 13 - 6 January 2003

National Minimum Wage: New powers to enforce past breaches.

Double Taxation Conventions: Lithuania and USA.

Construction Industry Scheme: Consultation on further major reforms.

Corresponding with the Revenue: Why do you write to the Revenue?

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