Encourage your employees to check the details on their renewals pack are correct, then beat the rush by renewing online The tax credits your employees receive are based on the earnings you tell us about through Real Time Information. You can help us to help them by keeping your Real Time Information accurate and up-to- date Adding the message below on your employees payslips from April to July - Check your details are correct, then renew your tax credits online before the 31 July deadline. - Beat the rush, renew your tax credits online - Take care when renewing your tax credits claim – your details might be checked. If your company produces a newsletter for employees, you could include this article to remind them to renew their tax credits claim. - If you’re a tax credits customer, make sure you renew your tax credits claim before the 31 July 2015 deadline or your payments could stop.
Tax credits helplines get very busy in June and July, the lead up to the deadline, so beat the rush by renewing online , securely, at any time of day.
Read your renewals pack carefully when you receive it. It’s important you make sure the details on your claim are right, so that you receive the right amount of tax credits. HMRC make checks, so they could contact us as your employer and ask us to provide details of your hours and earnings.
If you need to complete your renewal, do it without delay to make sure you receive the right amount of tax credits.
Cost of cyber security breaches doubles 5 June 2015
Research reveals that the average cost of the most severe online security breaches for big business now starts at 1.46 million, up from £600,000 in 2014, and the Government is urging business to take action .
The Information Security Breaches Survey 2015 , published by Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey and launched at the Infosecurity Europe event, shows the rising costs of malicious software attacks and staff-related breaches and illustrates the need for companies to take action.
For small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), the most severe breaches cost can now reach as high as £310,800, up from £115,000 in 2014,
However, more firms are taking action to tackle the cyber threat, with a third of organisations now using the government’s ‘Ten Steps to Cyber Security’ guidance , up from a quarter in 2014. And nearly half (49%) of all organisations have achieved a ‘Cyber Essentials’ badge to protect themselves from common internet threats, or plan to get one in the next year. The survey shows: 90% of large organisations reported they had suffered an information security breach, while 74% of small and medium-sized businesses reported the same for companies with more than 500 employees the average cost of the most severe breach is now between £1.46 million and £3.14 million for small and medium sized business the average cost of the worst breach is between £75,000 and £310,800 attacks from outsiders have become a greater threat for both small and large businesses 75% of large businesses and 30% of small business suffered staff-related breaches
Read the full press release from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service online tracking 8 June 2015
DBS online tracking can be used to check the progress of applications and order blank application forms if you are a registered employer.
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