HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them.
The August edition of the Employer Bulletin brings the latest HMRC updates and guidance to support employers, payroll professionals and agents.
The October 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on:
PAYE
- Payrolling benefits in kind — update on globally mobile employee exceptions and Class 1A National Insurance contributions
- Basic PAYE Tools (BPT) — Apple support changes
- Guidance for employers on Real Time Information (RTI) reporting obligations for payments made early at Christmas
- Electronic payment deadline falls on a weekend
- Make your PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) payment by 22 October 2026
- P11D and P11D(b) for tax year 2025 to 2026
Tax updates and changes to guidance
- Welfare counselling guidance update
- Help your employees plan and prepare for retirement with the HMRC app
- Mandatory tax adviser registration for payroll agents opens 18 November 2026
General information and customer support
- Changes to trade union law — what employers need to know
- Harassment protections — new Acas and EHRC guidance
- 2026 Tell ABAB Report
- New YouTube video: What is the foreign income and gains (FIG) regime
- Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) and Neonatal Care Leave
- Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) — how to get your monthly returns right
- There is still time to help your parent or carer employees receive the Child Benefit payments they are entitled to
Some of these topics have already been covered by PAYadvice.UK in articles and blogs and further articles and blogs may now additionally be published.
PAYadvice.UK 20/8/2026