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The Chancellor of the exchequer, John Healey, as part of ‘Everyday fixes to ease household costs’ as part of a package to tackle costs people face every day, supporting people who rely on their cars for work has announced an increase to the own car business use rates prior to his Autumn Budget 2026. Making … Continue reading Mileage rates increase for 3 million workers
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 … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: October 2026
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 August 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on: PAYE Tax … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: August 2026
HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. 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. The June 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: June 2026
Mileage Allowance Payments (MAPs) are what an employer can pay employees for using their own vehicle for business journeys. They’re allowed to pay employees a certain amount of MAPs each year without having to report them to HMRC. This is called an ‘approved amount’. As part of the Chancellor Rachel Reeves update to the House of Commons on … Continue reading Business mileage for employees’ own vehicles increase by 10p to 55p
HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. 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. The April 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: April 2026
HMRC publishes the Employer Bulletin 6 times a year, giving employers and agents the latest information on topics and issues that may affect them. 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. The February 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: February 2026
HMRC is aware that businesses are being approached by organisations offering models which falsely claim to be able to reduce employment costs through ‘tax credits’ offset from third party businesses they have acquired. HMRC considers these arrangements tax evasion. HMRC is aware that businesses are being approached by organisations offering models which falsely claim to be able to reduce … Continue reading Tax fraud warning for employment agencies and employers
HMRC encourages SA filers to recognise a scam and protect themselves from fraud HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is calling on Self Assessment (SA) filers to remain vigilant as scam attempts continue. They are urged to be alert to bogus tax refund scams and phishing attempts. To report any suspicious emails, texts or calls to … Continue reading Scams warning as Self Assessment filers targeted
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 (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
A large number of taxpayers who had reclaimed tax using the repayment agent Tax Credits Ltd since December 2021 will be due a direct refund from HMRC. HMRC has found that up to 60,000 clients of the rogue repayment agent Tax Credits Ltd signed up through a new online process. The company introduced the process in … Continue reading Applied for a tax refund via Tax Credits Ltd!
PAYadvice.UK is supporting Talk Money Week, which aims to break down barriers and make it easier for people to share their thoughts and feelings about money. It can be difficult to talk about money. That’s why #TalkMoney Week is a great opportunity to kickstart a conversation with friends, family or colleagues. In fact, building money … Continue reading Talk Money week – 4-8 November 2024
As part of the July 2024 Employer bulletin, HMRC have confirmed that the automated issuing of refund cheques to tax payers have stopped with the tax payer being required to now take action. Tax calculation repayments for PAYE HMRC has confirmed that it is changing the way it repays the majority of its PAYE (Pay As You Earn) … Continue reading HMRC stop issuing automated refund cheques