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midlandhrHumberside Police, covering the districts of North-East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire, has partnered with HR, payroll and talent management specialist, MidlandHR.

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Business applications software provider, COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com), today announces a partnership with workforce management specialist, SMART (www.smart-workforce.com). This partnership enables COA Solutions to provide its National Health Service (NHS) customers with SMART’s workforce management solutions.

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The Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP) described Microsoft’s plans to stop selling its Office Accounting service and turn off its hosted payroll software 10 days before Christmas as “a potential disaster”.

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We have a small collection of car-related items this week – one especially for employers in the motor trade whose employees take home different cars every night, another for employers who use HMRC’s advisory fuel rates when charging for private use or reimbursing for business use of company cars, and our FAQ this week is for employers making mileage allowance payments to employees using their own vehicles on business.

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November 19 – For employers required to pay tax and NICs etc to the Accounts Office monthly, this is the deadline for payment to be received by the Accounts Office, unless made electronically.

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The Chancellor will make his Pre-Budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 December 2009 at 12:30pm.

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HMRC has published its non-statutory Charter, describing its role, what its customers can expect, and what HMRC expects of its customers.  The rights and obligations are summarised as follows but are explained in more detail in the Charter itself:

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On 12 November, the Department or Work and Pensions published the findings of research exploring small employers’ likely responses to the workplace pension reforms set to come into force in October 2012.

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In November 2008, HMRC announced new “averaging” arrangements that may be used by employers in the motor industry when calculating the reportable value of cars that are changed very frequently. The procedure involves determining the average price and emission level ratings for cars available in each car group at each location.  A number of simplifications were later introduced from the start of the 2009/10 tax.

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The Advisory Fuel Rates are reviewed every six months and new rates will be effective from 1 January 2010.  They are expected to be announced in late November.

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