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29 January 2013
HMRC claim real-time information is no problem. LOUISE MANNING begs to differ
KEY POINTS
- HMRC say that operating real-time information is problem-free.
- Exclusions from the pilot and teething problems.
- Ensuring that employee information and the alignment submission is correct.
- The problem is not submitting information but obtaining information.
- Simple payrolls will become more complex.
If you listen to HMRC you could believe that the real-time information (RTI) pilot is running without a hitch.
The official word is that employers have nothing to worry about – it’s a breeze – and the accountancy profession is over-hyping the problems but why are their opinions so diverse?
One of the first employers to trial the system was HMRC itself and the first run went very smoothly – but it would wouldn’t it?
Surely HMRC’s own payroll department would have been ridiculed if...
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