Government welcomes judgment by Supreme Court, for a launch date for ’Tax-Free Childcare’ With the Governments continued plans to support working families within the UK, last week’s focus was on the delivery of Tax-Free Childcare. Wednesday 1st July saw the Government welcome a Supreme Court’s judgment, confirming that the proposal for Tax-Free Childcare is rightful, with plans now to launch in early 2017, a year later than initially suspected. In the meantime the current Employer-Supported … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
Government campaign plans to increase small companies awareness of their obligation surrounding auto enrolment
Government campaign plans to increase small companies awareness of their obligation surrounding auto enrolment of workers into pension schemes. With over 47,000 medium to large employers already registered to auto enrol their workers into the workplace pension scheme since the process begun in 2012, the Government is now focusing on the 1.3 million small to micro companies with 1-49 workers, that are required to auto enrol their workers into a workplace pension scheme by 2018. The governments … [Read more...]
ePayMe’s July Newsletter
EPAYME'S JULY NEWSLETTER ePayMe are proud to be Fully Compliant in achieving ‘Putting The Customer First ® Standard’ and have also become an FCSA Associate. This month has been a very busy one for ePayMe, achieving some great milestones. Putting the Customer First After undergoing a rigorous assessment, ePayMe are proud to announce that they have achieved the highly desirable ‘Putting The Customer First® Standard’, after attaining 100% compliancy in all categories. FCSA Associate ePayMe are … [Read more...]
HM Revenue & Customs invest £45 million to improve Customer Services
HM Revenue & Customs invest £45 million to improve Customer Services Calling HM Revenue & Customs is always a stressful experience, being left on hold wondering if someone will ever pick up but you are not alone. It is estimated that only 66% of taxpayers were able to get through to a member of the HM Revenue & Customs team in the month of September 2014, leaving 2.4 million calls unanswered. With this falling below the 80% target of calls that should be answered to sustain a … [Read more...]
What has the Government got in store for us in the Summer Budget
Next week see's the arrival of the 2015 Summer Budget, being presented by a wholly Conservative Government, the first time in nearly two decades. The Budget will provide us with an indication of the Governments plans for the up and coming years, now we are in a new parliamentary term. With Tax, National Insurance, IR35, Pensions and Apprenticeships being just some of the topics we anticipate being discussed, we will have to wait until the 8th July to see the full extent of the Governments … [Read more...]