The decision of the Court of Session on employment benefit trusts.
Summary of the recent European Union tax rulings on the state aid rules.
HMRC increases the number of investigations into suspected payroll tax fraud.
P Andrew (TC4672)
Lifetime allowance will be reduced.
Treasury requesting feedback on rules for travel expenses.
Feedback on simplification of termination payments.
The simplification of the tax and NIC treatment of termination payments is currently under consideration following an HMRC consultation document Simplification of the tax and National Insurance treatment of termination payments published on 24 July. It comes in response to the Office of Tax Simplification’s Review of employee benefits and expenses: final report published last July 2014.
Views are now sought on:
Employers in the hairdressing and beauty sectors who pay their employees less than the national minimum wage are being targeted in a new campaign.
HMRC and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, supported by the National Hairdressers’ Federation and the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority, will work with hair and beauty businesses to help them understand their pay obligations to their employees. According to HMRC, analysis shows that 42% of businesses in that industry do not pay apprentices the correct minimum wage and is the focus of the campaign.