POLICY HUB
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In the world of payroll, March is that time of year where you may feel as if you’re working around the clock. Performing end of tax year duties, while getting set up for the new tax year can be a juggle. The CIPP’s policy and research team have also been testing their juggling skills, attending a number of events and ensuring they keep payroll professionals up to date with change that impacts the work they carry out Policy team update
The one-to-many compliance advisory board (OCAB) forum also took place in March, which reviewed compliance and customer engagement initiatives with HMRC, to ensure they’re fit for purpose and appropriate for the target audience. It's a wrap! We can’t go without mentioning the landmark government consultation on holiday entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers. If you haven’t already read the CIPP’s response, this is now available to view on the website. Ensure you update yourselves now at: http://ow.ly/kkR950NpUfU. Finally, the team have wrapped up the BeConnected events in March. One was held in London face-to-face and a further two hosted online. This was a successful year with positive engagement and responses from the wider payroll community. The CIPP would like to thank everyone who attended both face-to-face and online, and we eagerly await seeing everyone at the next series in 2024. n
year. Along with top tips for getting ready, the panel looked at legislative changes and assessed what some of the key challenges may be for the industry in the immediate future. Policy lead, Samantha O’Sullivan, delivered a session on how charities can engage with payroll to promote payroll giving. The CIPP is part of the accessible payroll giving project. This is a cross-sector, cross-stakeholder initiative, to build a business case to take to the government to make having a payroll giving scheme mandatory for companies over a certain size. There are several organisations involved in the project group. Policy and research officer, Mathew Akrigg presented at the Association of International Accountants (AIA) webinar, covering the tax implications of employee benefits. In addition, Mathew also provided a lunchtime legislative update for One Advanced, rounding up all the changes for the new tax year and any budget outcomes. Forums Sam attended the Chartered Institute of Taxation's President's networking evening. She heard from Jim Harra (HM Revenue and Customs) and joined other guests participating in tasks, to feed back on tax-related matters. It was a great evening, and gave Sam the opportunity to network with contacts in the tax world.
Events On 9 March, the editor of Professional , Lora Murphy joined Justine Riccomini, from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) to discuss how crucial it is to ensure payroll is processed correctly, and the ramifications when individuals aren’t paid accurately and on time. The session covered: l the importance of getting payroll right l some common areas of error l the consequences when payroll isn’t handled correctly l how payroll qualifications can help to mitigate payroll-related risks. The CIPP is passionate about raising the profile of payroll, along with demonstrating the true value of the profession and this session focussed on exactly that. On 13 March, Lora also joined Sage to discuss how to prepare for the upcoming tax year end and, of course, the new tax
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Issue 89 | April 2023
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