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18 year unemployment high
Published on 06/02/2012
The latest employment figures released by the Office of National Statistics reveal that the rate of unemployment has not been higher since 1994.
Read more...Agency Workers Regulations
Published on 03/02/2012
Under the Agency Workers Regulations, workers supplied by an agency become entitled to receive pay and basic working conditions equivalent to any directly employed employees after a 12 week qualifying period.
Read more...New procedures for civil fraud
Published on 03/02/2012
On 31 January 2012 HMRC is launching a new Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) as part of the Government’s commitment to crack down on fraud.
Read more...London 2012 prompts warnings over gangmasters and temporary workers
Published on 02/02/2012
Employers who plan to take on extra staff for the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being advised to check their ‘labour providers’ - agencies that supply temporary workers to meet seasonal and market demand that are sometimes called ‘gangmasters’.
Read more...HMRC’s Faster Payment Service
Published on 01/02/2012
HMRC can now accept payments made using the Faster Payments Service enabling faster electronic payments, typically via internet or telephone banking, to be processed on the same or next day.
Read more...Deadlines, Deadlines!
Published on 01/02/2012
The author Douglas Adams once said, “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” He may not have been so cavalier in attitude towards his obligations had the original meaning of ‘deadline’ as a line that marked the distance a prisoner could go before being shot on sight, still applied.
Read more...Good news for many as new PAYE tax codes are issued
Published on 01/02/2012
The new PAYE tax codes for 2012/13 currently being issued by HMRC will be used against employees pay from April 2012 onwards. It is important that these coding notices are checked carefully as an incorrect code will result in too little or too much tax being deducted from pay or pension payments.
Read more...Paying your VAT electronically
Published on 31/01/2012
Businesses which submit their VAT Returns online, must also pay any VAT due electronically. This generally gives businesses up to seven extra calendar days to submit their return and pay their VAT.
Read more...Online VAT returns and electronic payments
Published on 31/01/2012
From 1 April 2012 all VAT registered businesses will be required to submit their VAT Returns online and pay any VAT due electronically.
Read more...HMRC relents on self assessment deadline and penalties
Published on 30/01/2012
The threat of strike action by some public sector employees is behind HMRC’s decision not to impose late filing penalties on taxpayers who file their Self Assessment returns on 1 and 2 February 2012.
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