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Chief executive officer Jason Davenport MCIPP MloD CIPP board of directors Clare Warrington MSc FCIPPdip AFHEA Sohail Butt ACIPP Louise Gray ChMCIPPdip Stuart Hall MCIPPdip Dianne Hoodless MSc ChFCIPP FHEA Liz Lay MSc FCIPPdip FHEA ACIPD Jeremy Montgomery BA (Hons) FCIPP Brendan Mulkern FCIPP Justine Riccomini MSc FFTA AIPA Chartered MCIPD ChFCIPP Cliff Vidgeon BA (Hons) CMA ACG ChFCIPP Editor Lora Murphy 07920 787221 | lora.murphy@cipp.org.uk Advertising Daniel Cull 07795 652645 | advertising@cipp.org.uk Design James Bartlett and Nicole Davis design@cipp.org.uk Printing Acorn Press Ltd
Welcome to spring! With the daylight lasting much longer and the weather improving, it’s a great time of year for spring cleaning and getting rid of the items we no longer need. It’s the same this time of year for our payrolls – getting ready for year end and cleaning up our data.
So, as we start to face the end of one tax year and prepare for the start of a new one, what additional activities are payroll professionals thinking about? Have you started to get all your outstanding over and underpayment adjustments up to date? How about considering a data cleanse (e.g. locating missing National Insurance numbers, ensuring address lines are in the right format, etc.)? And, of course, there are so many other tasks which can help us ensure a smooth transition to the new year. But that’s not all! Are you also preparing for any changes in legislation planned for April? Are you reviewing ongoing consultations and discussions to ready yourself for any potential future change? One thing we all know is that the world of payroll, pensions and reward is constantly changing and the more understanding we have, the more effectively we can plan for the future. Remember, the CIPP is here to help you navigate all these changes so please get in touch with us. As we begin our events programme for this year with our BeConnected sessions, please say hello and come over for a chat.
Clare Warrington MSc FCIPPdip AFHEA (clare.warrington@cipp.org.uk) Chair, CIPP
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message Here we are at the end of the 2023/24 tax year and preparing for the start of another. There are lots of activities to be completed for all hands-on processing whether in-house, managing a bureau or offering a fully managed
service. Also, now’s the time to review the communications needed to best support your workforce or customers, so they know what’s changing and can be properly prepared through awareness. Timetables must be tightly managed to ensure all deliverables are met, and if you’re also in the process of changing or upgrading your current payroll system, then you have my empathy and support. I wish you well in your endeavours. Testing is key around this time to ensure all the great work completed by the software providers has delivered the expected results. Typically, it’s those within operations (due to their constant review of the data and the working agreements of the employee base) who know what to expect from the changes and they’re often so close to the information that they can see immediately if the resultant calculations aren’t as expected. Whether you’re working within payroll, pensions or reward, this time of change requires a keen eye for detail to ensure the results delivered are right first time. I don’t know if performance reviews are aligned with tax years within your businesses but I do hope not, for the sake of capacity and planning. However, if any of you have an objective to write an article and be published in the coming year, and have a contribution to make, please do get in touch. I’m keen to know of any additional items you would expect to be covered and would be delighted to support the publication of contributions to help the broader membership. It’s through sharing our experiences that we all grow and learn together. Please contact me on the email address shown below and I commit to reviewing and responding to all requests, thank you.
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Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD (jason.davenport@cipp.org.uk) Chief executive officer, CIPP
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