Employees

Brief issued following ITV decision by appeal court

N Ratcliffe (TC2814)

HMRC are set to introduce a series of new notifications aimed at helping employers manage their PAYE affairs and avoid penalties. Four types of generic messages will be sent to employers:

S Kutcha; RA Cowen & Partners Ltd (TC2769)

Supplementary questions aimed at bolstering HMRC poll

What are the Class 1 NIC implications for the UK employee of a French company?

The government has unveiled proposals for payroll giving that will enable employers to encourage charitable donations more easily and allow organisations faster access to the sums.

HMRC have launched a challenge to arrangements used by contractors and other professionals to mitigate tax by entering into a contract of employment with an offshore employer while providing their services in the UK.

Participants receive a substantial proportion of the fees for their services in payments said to be loans. The Revenue does not agree that the arrangements succeed in avoiding tax.

The HMRC student loan panel is looking for volunteers to attend a group for customer user process improvement sessions that will be held around the country in early October. They will last for between an hour and 90 minutes.

The panel is interested in speaking to employers and agents who handle the deduction of student loans and self assessment taxpayers with a student loan. 

P Tindale (TC2749)

More than 1.6m employer PAYE schemes are already now under the real-time information (RTI) system, covering over 40m individual record, according to HMRC. The announcement comes as the department writes to urge another 167,000 firms to join RTI, having missed one or more deadlines for reporting PAYE.

Bosses should contact the Revenue’s employer helpline on 0300 200 3200 if have not reported because they no longer pay staff members, or because their PAYE scheme has closed or is no longer operating.

Is the new expenses set-up for the self-employed easy to use?