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INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Employees must claim PAYE repayments
- Jul 2024
- ICAEW Insights
HMRC will no longer automatically issue a cheque where an employee is due a repayment under pay as you earn (PAYE). Instead, the employee must take action to receive the repayment.
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Rules for reporting salary advances relaxed
- Jun 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Changes have been made to the rules applying to advances on wages and pay as you earn (PAYE) real time information (RTI) reporting.
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TAX FACULTY
How to prepare for mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind
- Jun 2024
- Michael Nicolaides and Kym Wise
- Taxline
HMRC has announced that employers must payroll benefits in kind from April 2026. In this article, Michael Nicolaides and Kym Wise consider what we do and do not know about HMRC’s plans, and how employers can begin to prepare for the changes.
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TECHNICAL ROUND UP
Technical round-up: May 2024
- May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
This month’s top stories include a HMRC warning about VAT bank details fraud; an NAO report showing taxpayers have been let down by poor HMRC service; and HMRC rejecting the ‘brightline’ test for furnished holiday lets.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
HMRC launches fully digital service for voluntary NI contributions
- Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
The government has launched a new service that allows individuals to identify gaps in their national insurance (NI) record and make voluntary contributions without phoning for a reference number.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Avoid payroll errors with HMRC’s online starter checklist
- Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
New employees should complete the starter checklist before their first payday so their employer can report the details via PAYE RTI to HMRC correctly first time.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Payroll and rewards updates from ICAEW
- Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty has published a TAXguide on PAYE rates, thresholds and allowances, and produced a webinar on recent changes in employment taxes and related areas.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
ICAEW gives five reasons to use the HMRC app
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Join the 1.2m people a month using HMRC’s app to get tax information, stay up to date with tax payments and more.
Tax news in brief 13 March 2024
- Mar 2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 13 March 2024, including: the publication of legislation providing for the Spring Budget NIC cuts; changes made by secondary legislation across a range of areas, including R&D tax relief, PAYE and CIS; new HMRC guidance on ISAs; and the opportunity to claim a refund for Italian VAT paid on goods and services related to Italian business activities.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Outlook for public finances broadly unchanged
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Chancellor cuts national insurance again but defers difficult decisions on public spending until after the general election.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Non-dom regime replaced by foreign income and gains regime
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced that the current remittance basis of taxation will be abolished for UK resident non-domiciled individuals from 6 April 2025 and replaced by a new four-year foreign income and gains (FIG) regime.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
A pre-election Budget lacking in rabbits or hats
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
An extension of full expensing to leases is welcome news for businesses in a Budget that delivers nothing unexpected.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Government cuts NIC rates again for employees and self-employed at Spring Budget 2024
- Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
From 6 April 2024, the headline rate of NIC will fall from 10% to 8% for employees, and from 9% to 6% for the self-employed. The government will also consult on how it will abolish Class 2 NIC.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT
Modest boost to public finances won’t stop taxes rising
- Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Prior month revisions boost public finances despite worse than expected self assessment receipts, as a think tank says tax cuts in the Budget will be sandwiched between tax rises in the years before and after.
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TAX FACULTY
TAX NEWS
Calculating NIC for directors in 2023/24
- Jan 2024
- ICAEW
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty explains how to calculate national insurance contributions (NIC) for directors this year including where the alternative method is used.
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TAX NEWS
In case you missed it – the best of tax in 2023!
- Dec 2023
- ICAEW
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights the key tax articles, events and guidance available on icaew.com.
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CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY
Autumn Statement 2023
- Nov 2023
- Ros Rowe
While headlines focused on the immediate cut in National Insurance, the key element of the Autumn Statement was the focus on long term plans aimed at resolving difficulties in the housing and infrastructure sectors. The challenge for the Chancellor is whether the electorate view these plans as credible, given implementation will have started and not completed before the next election.
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NIC rate cuts for self-employed and employees
- Nov 2023
- ICAEW
National insurance contributions (NIC) will be reduced to 8% for the self-employed and to 10% for employees, and the flat rate class 2 NIC will be abolished for most self-employed, the chancellor has announced.
Tax news in brief 23 November 2023
- Nov 2023
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 23 November 2023, including: VAT on local authority supplies of sporting services; reclaiming tax paid on loans to participators; income record viewer update; and gift holdover relief claims.
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TAX NEWS
PAYE reporting for early payments of earnings at Christmas
- Nov 2023
- ICAEW
It is common practice for employers to pay earnings earlier than the normal or contractual payday at Christmas. But what date should employers quote on their PAYE RTI full payment submission (FPS)? And when should they submit the FPS to HMRC?
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TAX FACULTY
HMRC’s digital services: the single customer account
- Sep 2023
- Caroline Miskin
- Taxline
Caroline Miskin explains what we know about HMRC’s single customer account programme, the unique customer record that is a prerequisite, and what this means for taxpayers.
FACULTIES ONLINE
TAX FACULTY
TAX NEWS
Should you be paying national insurance while working abroad?
- Sep 2023
- ICAEW
HMRC has launched a new tool for people to check whether they should be paying national insurance contributions (NIC) while they are working abroad.
Where are the gaps in HMRC’s digital services?
- Aug 2023
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty wants to get your thoughts on the top priorities for the development of HMRC’s digital services.
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TAX FACULTY
Is it time for employers to start payrolling benefits and expenses?
- Aug 2023
- Peter Bickley
- Taxline
Peter Bickley shares his thoughts on the advantages and considerations when payrolling benefits.
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TAX FACULTY
TAX NEWS
Check what your tax code means with HMRC’s online tool
- Jul 2023
- ICAEW
HMRC has released a new online tool to help taxpayers understand what their tax code means.
Tax news in brief 26 July 2023
- Jul 2023
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 26 July 2023, including: corporation tax filing for companies in insolvency; relief for foreign taxes in PAYE codes; HMRC guidance on negative earnings; and transfer pricing records regulations.
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TAX NEWS
Taxpayers should prepare to provide more information to HMRC
- Jul 2023
- ICAEW
Draft legislation released on 18 July indicates that business and individual taxpayers will be required to provide more information, from creative sector relief regimes to PAYE reporting, to HMRC in the coming years.
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FARMING AND RURAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
PAYE and NIC – Advisory group members share their experiences
- Jul 2023
- Tim Evans & Jonathan Gifford
- Farming and Rural Business Community News
Two members of the Farming & Rural Business Community advisory group give their hints and tips gleaned from working with PAYE and NIC.
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TAX FACULTY
TAX NEWS
Home responsibilities protection may not be reflected in national insurance records
- Jul 2023
- ICAEW
Some individuals may be missing home responsibilities protection (HRP) from their national insurance record, which could impact the amount of state pension that they are entitled to. The government is identifying affected individuals and will be writing to them with their recalculated state pension entitlement.
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TAX FACULTY
Policymaking for a digitally advanced tax administration
- Jun 2023
- Steve Wade
- Taxline
Steve Wade reviews what progress has been made towards adapting policymaking for a digital world.
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