Articles and information in relation to UK Payroll for business, employers and employees.
The Department for Work and Pension are warning pensioners that there are scam texts in circulation. If you get a text about "Winter Fuel Payment" it is a scam They remind pensioners that Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically, you do not need to do anything and won’t receive a text. Fraudsters aren’t fussy. They’ll … Continue reading Winter fuel text – it’s a scam
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) automatically do a Simple Assessment if you owe tax they can’t collect through your PAYE tax code vi your employer or pension and you aren’t registered for Self Assessment. They work out what you owe then write to tell you how much this is and when you need to pay … Continue reading Received an HMRC Simple Assessment letter?
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding people that they send out two types of letters in June and July each year. Tax calculation letters You get one of these if you've paid too much or too little tax. This could happen if you changed jobs, have more than one income, or your situation has … Continue reading Tax refund and underpayment letters
HM Revenue and Customs have published initial information as part of the June 2025 employer bulletin on changes that form part of the Plan to Make Work Pay, the Government is making changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Through the Employment Rights Bill, the government are strengthening SSP to make sure that all employees have access to from … Continue reading Future of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – April 2026
The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Software Developer Support Team (SDST) have shared early information on changes to the data items on the Real Time Information (RTI) Employer Payment Submission (EPS), in relation to stake items now that the Employment Allowance is more generally available. Dear PAYadvice.UK, Please find below information regarding the Employment Allowance, … Continue reading Payroll 2026/2027 – removal of EPS ‘state aid’ items
The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Software Developer Support Team (SDST) have shared early information on changes applicable to statutory payment as operated for those who have employee who work in Northern Ireland. New rights and entitlements are now being applied by the Northern Ireland Assembly and will apply from April 2026. Dear PAYadvice.UK, Please … Continue reading Payroll 2026/2027 – Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) – Northern Ireland
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Software Developers Support Team (SDST) have started to release change information that impacts payroll calculations from April 2026. This first area is the addition of undergraduate Student Loan Plan 5. The RTI instruction SL1 will start to indicate the use of Plan 5 in March 2026 in readiness for operating … Continue reading Payroll 2026/2027 – Student Loan Plan 5
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are encouraging tax payers who have work related expenses to claim qualifying tax reliefs directly with HMRC and for free rather than go via expensive reclaim agents. Don’t get caught out by online adverts and tax refund companies who offer to make work expense claims for you so they can … Continue reading Tax relief – Claim it yourself
With HMRC clamping down on some umbrella organisations, and new regulatory obligations also being introduced, some employees are finding that the are being transferred from one umbrella to another. HM Revenue and customs have issued guidance for those who are potentially being targeted and involved in tax avoidance arrangements which don’t work. HMRC provide the … Continue reading Being moved between umbrellas?
Dear PAYadvice.UK Bereaved customers or their representatives are now able to report a death and settle the deceased’s tax affairs by calling our new dedicated bereavement service helpline on 0300 322 9620. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) messages direct customers who ring this new number to PAYE, Self Assessment, or Child Benefit depending on the service they need. This … Continue reading HMRC dedicated bereavement helpline
The estimated tax gap for the 2023 to 2024 tax year is £46.8 billion. The government has announced plans to raise a further £7.5 billion through measures to close the tax gap. The largest share of the gap is from small business non-compliance. The tax gap estimate – the difference between what tax is expected … Continue reading 5.3% Tax gap
It maybe feels like there shouldn’t be a lakh or hetsy about it! HM Revenue and Customs is writing to 100,000 tax payers after detecting unauthorised access to online tax accounts. These incidents are said to have involved criminals using personal information they had already obtained from external sources to impersonate tax payers and claim … Continue reading PAYE fraud hits 100,000
The June 2025 Employer Bulletin has outlined and shared resources for umbrella employer organisation, their users and associated employees. The HMRC published and named tax avoidance schemes list contains a sizeable number of umbrella organisations who have been found to be promoting and operating tax avoidance schemes which don’t work. New guidance and tools for … Continue reading Umbrella employers – good practice updates
In March 2023, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) commissioned IFF Research to undertake research to understand the experiences, motivations, and attitudes of employers towards using salary sacrifice arrangements for pensions. The research also explored whether hypothetical changes to tax reliefs (such as reform of NICs relief) on pension salary sacrifice arrangements may impact employers’ motivations and attitudes … Continue reading Salary sacrifice pension attitudes
Dear PAYadvice.UK HMRC have issued the June 2025 edition of the Employer Bulletin which brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents. The June edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on: PAYE Settlement Agreement calculations 2024 to 2025 organised labour fraud — the supply of labour through Employment Intermediaries mandating the … Continue reading June 2025 Employer Bulletin
A number of employers appear to be confused on the treatment of overtime and National Minimum Wage. Some believing that overtime does not form part of any assessment of National Minimum Wage (NMW). This view is further confused by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) online tool to check your wage. This article and … Continue reading Overtime and the National Minimum Wage
Millions of people across the UK will find it easier to manage and get more from their pensions thanks to the new Pension Schemes Bill. The Pension Schemes Bill claims to tackle schemes delivering poor returns for savers, combine smaller pension pots, and create bigger and better pension funds. These measures are to drive costs … Continue reading 20 million to benefit from new Pension Schemes Bill
New crypto specialist will help the insolvency agency trace rising number of digital assets held by individuals in bankruptcy and criminal cases Number of insolvencies where crypto is identified as an asset has increased 420% in five years More than £500,000 in cryptoassets identified in insolvency cases last year – 364 times higher than in … Continue reading Dedicated crypto specialist to help recover online assets
Over 6,000 arrests and 9,000 visits carried out in crackdown on illegal working. A major surge in immigration enforcement activity across the UK has led to a 51% rise in the number of arrests as part of a Home Office drive to disable the illegal working trade in the UK. Immigration Enforcement teams have … Continue reading Illegal working enforcement
Everyone over the State Pension age in England and Wales with an income of, or below, £35,000 a year will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment this winter. This increased threshold means no lower or middle-income pensioners will miss out, with the vast majority - over three quarters - of pensioners in England and Wales … Continue reading Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments
It is very difficult for employees and their families when business struggles and employees face redundancy, what do you do and where do you turn? The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) say that getting the right information when you are made redundant is essential and there are an extensive range of services that Jobcentre … Continue reading Facing redundancy? Getting help
Working families encouraged to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare to save up to £2,000 a year per child on their childcare bills. Almost 826,000 UK families shared £632.2 million in government top-ups towards their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare in the 2024 to 2025 tax year Working families urged to sign up now to give … Continue reading Families boost finances with childcare savings
Isle of Man Treasury Minister Dr Alex Allinson MHK held a virtual meeting Tuesday 27th May 2026 with the UK Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury James Murray MP. James Murray MP Following the meeting, they issued this joint statement: 'The UK and the Isle of Man have a long-standing history of collaboration in the fight … Continue reading Isle of Man and UK tax avoidance crackdown
When the hike in employers National,Insurance was announced and with some subsequent publications and also debate in the House of Commons and Lords, there were expressions of the NHS and potentially other social care groups being exempt from the National Insurance rise to 15%. some indicating that employers NICs would continue at 13.8% for some … Continue reading NHS not exempt from 15% employers NIC
The Department of Business and Trade (DBT) has indicated that the largest reason for the May 2025 named employers breaching National Minimum Wage regulations was because of pay deductions. Paying National Minimum Wage is not about an employees original hourly rate, but about the rate actually received for all working time. Minister for Employment Rights, … Continue reading Deductions remain a common cause of minimum pay breach
518 Employers who have left workers over £7.4 million out of pocket by failing to pay the National Living and National Minimum Wage named. More money put into the pockets of hardworking people, as government delivers the biggest upgrade to worker’s rights in a generation, as part of the Plan for Change Workers will be … Continue reading 518 employers named for breaching minimum wage