Author: Sophie Lewis
Tax and NICs changes putting additional pressure on payroll teams
CloudPay: ‘Having already invested resources into planned increases in NI only to face a reversal of this in September, teams will now need to brace for the planned tax increases across the country’.
Skills shortages remain a concern
APSCo: ‘The UK needs urgent action to rebalance skills availability, including a suitable visa route for international highly skilled contractors, a flexible approach to apprenticeships and an Employment Bill that is appropriate in the modern, flexible world of work’.
Thousands of people take advantage of online payment plans to pay self-assessment
HMRC: ‘We’re here to help customers get their tax right and if you are worried about how to pay your self-assessment bill, help and support is available’.
Employers urged to create compassionate culture for pregnancy or baby loss
CIPD: ‘Pregnancy and baby loss affects people across the UK every day. Workplace support can make a real difference to employees during a difficult time’.
Trained finance professionals are a great resource for SMEs
AAT: ‘For many people today, the cost-of-living crisis represents the biggest financial challenge they have faced in their lives. A vital resource for anyone in these situations, is financial literacy’.
Less than a hundred days until self-assessment is due
HMRC: ‘There’s still time to complete your tax return, to budget and look into the range of payment options if you need to’
Most offices not designed to support mental wellbeing
Unispace: ‘The link between office design and mental wellbeing is often overlooked, but the fact that almost half of the workforce felt that their mental health improved while working from home, highlights that too many workplaces do not meet the needs of the people that use them’.
Self-employed sector left disappointed after IR35 U-turn
IPSE: “We know that the government is well aware of the problems caused by this damaging legislation – the previous Chancellor said so at the mini-budget and the Prime Minister made it clear during her leadership campaign. Despite this, it has today taken the spineless decision to row back on its promise to repeal the reforms’.