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 October 2026 edition of Employer Bulletin includes articles on:  PAYE Payrolling … Continue reading Employer Bulletin: October 2026 →

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.  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 →

Assignments of Income Tax stopped

HM Revenue and Customs have stopped assignments of Income tax for refunds being paid permanently to third party refund agents. Removal of assignment process Spring Budget 2023 included measures to void assignments of income tax and the vast majority of tax agents have progressively moved from assignments to alternate nominations for third party repayment requests. … Continue reading Assignments of Income Tax stopped →

New Marriage Allowance form made available

Individuals may claim the marriage allowance through their online Personal Tax Account. For those who are a little tech savvy with web browsers, to apply is relatively straight forward. Repayment agents who actively push tax rebate service in social media have been generally found to charge high fees retaining a sizeable share of the tax … Continue reading New Marriage Allowance form made available →

Consultation launched to tackle tax rebate reprobates

We have all seen them, constant advertising to claim marriage tax allowance rebates, or tax reliefs for working from home. Some almost convince that they are promoted by or are associated with HM Revenue and Customs, when the reality is that they neither approved nor partners of HMRC. ‘Which’, the consumer organisation, refer to some … Continue reading Consultation launched to tackle tax rebate reprobates →

Tax refund companies under fire for high fees

People are losing out on hundreds of pounds after being enticed into using third-party companies to claim tax rebates instead of going directly to HMRC, according to Which? In a survey of over 4,000 people, the consumer champion found one in five (22%) had been contacted by a tax refund company, heard of one by … Continue reading Tax refund companies under fire for high fees →