“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein (1879–1955) (http://bit.ly/2Trnqlq)
Happy New Year! The start of any new year is always a convenient moment to introduce change. Well, from this first issue of 2020 a few structural changes have been introduced to
A different kind of ‘new year’ looms large, but at the time of writing there are concerns over timeous implementation of related changes. It is to be hoped that the government announces the new earnings bands and thresholds of National Insurance contributions etc soon so that accurate calculations of pay occur from the start of tax year 2020/21. Unfortunately, some income tax changes are likely to occur later with unusual results – see page 21.
Professional magazine. The structural changes comprise four new sections – My CIPP, Compliance, Reward, and Technology – which are intended to better reflect your roles and membership. One effect is that articles on the issue’s feature topic might therefore be found throughout these new sections. But be assured that the quality and informational content of every issue of Professional will not be diminished.
Mike Nicholas MCIPP AMBCS (editor@cipp.org.uk) Editor
Welcome to a new decade for payroll and pension professionals. And welcome also to our two new board directors, Claire Warrington and Katie Sharpe. This issue features the topic of automation, and I thought it might be useful to reflect on my Chair’s message
and wow, what a revolution has followed. So, ask yourself to identify what processes are being completed today that may be appropriate to evaluate and review for justification of developing process automation to remove the manual steps currently in place. My week at the start of my career was consumed with pulling together all the details of any new starters and then adding them to files for preparing timecards and timesheets and then distributing those across the business via internal mail (remember that?). So many items may be reduced by holding a smart review to try and eradicate waste. With process review now a common feature of daily working practices, automation completed safely and securely, with adequate checks and controls, can be a real game-changer in freeing up precious time.
history to demystify how automation has helped us throughout the ages. I started my career in the days before computerised payroll systems. Each week a tin plate had to be pressed for any new starter to be added to the pile of already pressed plates, that had details of the employee including name, work number, tax code and National Insurance number. These tin plates would then be organised for a printing press to run carbonised sheets across them, to create the structure of the payslip – one copy for the wage office, one copy for the operational area and one to be added to the payslip. The detailed calculations were then built up by hand from the timesheet and recorded, all using tax tables and not a calculator in sight, until you had proven your numeracy. This may sound like an antiquated routine, but there was no quicker way until the dawn of computing –
Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD (jason.davenport3@cipp.org.uk) Chair, CIPP
So, another year done, and gone so fast, but in our industry we just carry on and it’s ‘more of the same’! CEO’s message After another very successful year for the CIPP led by the board of directors and the CIPP team, we continue to strive for being at the forefront of continually promoting payroll and
legislation wise on off-payroll working rules (‘IR35’) for the private sector being amended or reviewed? Hopefully we will know by the time this magazine goes to print. And as members you are continually updated by our policy and research team through our regularly updated online journal: Payroll: need to know, your guide to UK payroll legislation and reporting , an invaluable benefit of your membership. I extend a warm welcome to our two new board directors, Claire Warrington and Katie Sharpe. Their profiles and how they will represent you as members are on display at www.cipp.org.uk/CIPPteam . Thanks of course to the outgoing directors, Karen Thomson, Ian Whyteside and the past director Suzanne Gallagher – their service to you, the members, as well as the CIPP is highly appreciated. All that remains is to wish you all a successful and prosperous 2020.
pensions education, training and membership. As professionals we now face a year of ‘Brexit’ and what that may or may not bring to our business. We will ensure that we keep you updated on anything that may impact our industry. And this year we will be celebrating our 40th anniversary of payroll education, training and membership. With the Association of Payroll and Superannuation Administrators (APSA) initially opening the door to the public sector in 1980, followed by the British Payroll Managers Association (BPMA) doing the same for the private sector in 1985, we celebrate 40 years of ensuring we have a professional industry that has come along in leaps and bounds. At the time of writing the general election has produced a definitive result. So, in view of pre-election promises I wonder what awaits us
Ken Pullar FCIPP (ken.pullar@cipp.org.uk) Chief executive officer, CIPP
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Issue 57 | February 2020
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