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Cisco have launched a new online benefits package to their UK and Irish employees in conjunction with Thomsons Online Benefits. The scheme is called i-Benefit@Cisco and is designed to allow employees to interact and enrol in all their benefits.
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Posted February 5th, 2010 | No Comments »
This week, for a change, we have a number of relatively short news items on a varied range of subjects. Two of the items resulted, at least in part, from questions raised on the PayPerShop Forum. Some employers reported that they were receiving multiple and conflicting coding notices for the same employee and HMRC subsequently issued an apology and explanation, which we have reproduced in the newsletter. Questions concerning salary sacrifice schemes are very common on the Forum, and our Employer FAQ this week is the response posted on the Forum to one such question. It tackles a common misconception about salary sacrifice schemes.
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Posted February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
The Government announced on 29 January that the UK will officially recognise Workers Memorial Day on 28 April each year to commemorate the thousands of people who have died, been seriously injured or made ill through their work.
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A coding notice problem was highlighted recently by some correspondents to the PayPerShop Forum and similar issues were raised in the press and elsewhere. Employers were receiving multiple and conflicting coding notices for individual employees. In response to the problems, HMRC issued the following explanation: Continue reading
Posted February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
Following consultation during 2008, HMRC announced at the time of the 2009 Budget that one of the proposed approaches to minimising potential debt problems for taxpayers, known as “Managed Payment Plans”, could not be introduced before April 2010 due to the need to make system enhancements.
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Pension scheme trustees may continue to use the pensions earnings cap, which officially ceased to exist from 6 April 2006, for the purpose of restricting pension payments from a registered pension scheme for a transitional period. The transitional period ends on the earlier of
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Our newsletter two weeks ago explained in detail the new right for employees to apply to their employer to undertake study and training that will serve to make them more effective employees. At that time the detailed arrangements were only available on the Business Link and Directgov websites, but the formal Regulations have now been published.
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Posted February 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
In a detailed Green Paper published in January by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Government announced that further changes to family employment rights are under consideration in the following three areas: Continue reading
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February 5 – This is the final day of tax month 10. Tax and NICs etc. for payments made in the tax month to February 5 are due for payment to the Accounts Office by February 19, or by February 22 if paid electronically.
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Posted February 4th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
February 14 – This is the deadline for P30 monthly PAYE/PRSI payments to the Collector General for January by employers who pay monthly, unless they pay (and file form P30) through Revenue On-Line Service (ROS).
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