Happy New Year | Bonne Année | Feliz Año Nuevo | Buon anno | Frohes Neues JahrWishing all our clients and contractors a very Happy New Year.Our offices are open as usual from the 4th January.Best wishes for 2022 from all of us here at ePayMe. … [Read more...]
Christmas Charity Donations
Thank you to all of you who voted for our Christmas Charity Donations in lieu of sending Christmas Cards.This years recipients were:Make A WishDiana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue CentreWishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year … [Read more...]
Christmas and New Year Opening
Festive Greetings to you all. May we take this opportunity to thank our clients and contractors for their business and we look forward to providing our excellent services to you all in 2022.Like all other years, ePayMe will be open throughout the Christmas period, excluding Bank Holidays.Friday December 24th - Last payroll before Christmas, operating as usual. Monday December 27th - Bank Holiday - Closed Tuesday 28th December - Bank Holiday - Closed Wednesday 29th December - … [Read more...]
The UK Labour Market Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) shares the current state of the labour market ending April 2021. To the surprise of many economists who were expecting the unemployment rate to be much higher than the current 4.9% which is 0.9% higher than previous year. This is, to a large extent, due to economic support by Government towards furlough and Covid-19 Relief schemes. Since the start of the pandemic the UK Government has granted £54 billion towards COVID-19 relief schemes to … [Read more...]
If you work from home then you may be eligible to claim HMRC Tax Relief in 2021 / 2022
If you work from home on the instruction of your employer, incurred additional expenses as a result thereof, you may be eligible to claim tax relief from HMRC. In 2020/2021 the HMRC received in excess of 3 million claims for tax relief. According to GOV.UK more than 500k people have claimed and are benefitting from ‘working from home tax relief’ this year already. If an employed worker has been instructed to work from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has incurred expenses as a … [Read more...]
HMRC’s new Taskforce clamps down on fraud and exploitation of COVID-19 relief schemes
With losses escalating to £1 billion per week, the extent of this exploitation equates to the “biggest fraud in British history”, David Clarke, Chairman of the COVID-19 Fraud Watch Task Force. Since the start of the pandemic, the government has forked out in excess of £54 billion towards COVID-19 relief schemes to support businesses and individuals across the UK. Among these Government initiatives include:The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) otherwise known as Furlough … [Read more...]
Are you calculating holiday pay at 12.07%? If so, you could be held liable for pay differences.
The position regarding holiday pay entitlement for workers with varying work patterns was considered by the Court of Appeal in the 2019 case of Harpur Trust vs. Brazel Case Study Ms Brazel, a clarinet and saxophone teacher worked at schools providing individual lessons to its pupils. She worked on average between 10 and 15 hours per week. She was paid by the hour and did not work during the school holidays. Ms Brazel was required to take her holiday entitlement.The school did what … [Read more...]
Support for working families affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
Families that benefit from government-funded childcare support were given a boost today as the government announced that they would not lose out due to coronavirus (COVID-19).Working parents or carers who are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare but have temporarily fallen below the minimum income requirement as a result of the pandemic will continue to receive financial support until 31 October 2020.Critical workers who may exceed the income threshold … [Read more...]
UPDATE: CJRS
On Tuesday 21st July, HMRC conducted a CJRS webinar for employer’s in relation to the scheme as we move into the final stages of furlough. We have listed the key facts below following the information shared during the webinar.What has changed?From July 1st, employers could bring back employees for any amount of time and any shift pattern, while still being able to claim the CJRS grant for their normal working hours not worked. They must have previously furloughed employees for a full … [Read more...]
Tax credits update
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding tax credits customers that they need to tell HMRC about any changes in their circumstances or income by 31 July 2020.Tax credits help working families with targeted financial support so it is important that people don’t miss out on money that they are entitled to.Renewing tax credits online is quick and easy. Customers can log onto GOV.UK to check the progress of their renewal, be reassured that it’s being processed, and know when they will hear … [Read more...]