Policy News Journal - 2016-17

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals ……………………………………………………………Policy News Journal

Income tax powers for Wales agreed ...............................................................................................................397 Address records remain a challenge for the Scottish Rate of Income Tax .......................................................397 Widening Access Training scheme...................................................................................................................397 Restriction on public sector exit payments........................................................................................................398 P9X: Tax codes to use from 6 April 2017 .........................................................................................................399 Scottish income tax higher rate threshold frozen..............................................................................................399 Rates and thresholds for employers 2017 to 2018 ...........................................................................................400 Widening Access Training scheme: refunds for NHS Trust workers ................................................................400 Tax rates and thresholds approved by Scottish Parliament..............................................................................401 What did the CWG2 do wrong? ........................................................................................................................401 Easter banking days .........................................................................................................................................402 480: Expenses and benefits tax guide ..............................................................................................................402 P9X: Tax codes to use from 6 April 2017 .........................................................................................................402 Professional bodies approved for tax relief (list 3) ............................................................................................403 Taxable pay tables: Manual method.................................................................................................................403 Simplification of exemptions for employee liabilities and indemnity insurance .................................................403 Updates for the new tax year 2017-18..............................................................................................................404 What’s New in 2017-18 for Employers .............................................................................................................406 Taxable pay tables: Calculator method ............................................................................................................406 New website includes names of firms that offer payroll giving..........................................................................406 Guidance for employers on using Basic PAYE Tools (BPT).............................................................................407 Changes to PAYE system explained ................................................................................................................407 Intermediaries......................................................................................................................................................409 Off-payroll working in the public sector.............................................................................................................409 Employment status: employment intermediaries ..............................................................................................409 Employment Intermediaries Co-ordination Unit (EICU) could help you avoid automated penalties..................409 Employment intermediaries: reporting requirements ........................................................................................410 Employment intermediaries: travel expense guidance .....................................................................................410 Off-payroll working in the public sector - reform of the intermediaries legislation .............................................411 Employment Intermediaries – are you reporting or running the risk of penalties? ............................................411 CIPP Survey - Off-payroll working in the public sector - reform of the intermediaries legislation......................412 CIPP response to consultation on off-payroll working in the public sector........................................................413 Employment intermediaries: report template ....................................................................................................415 Reporting deadline Employment Intermediaries ...............................................................................................415 Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation ..............................................416 Off-payroll working in the public sector - consultation an amended NICs regulations ......................................417 Off-payroll working in the public sector.............................................................................................................417 Update on off-payroll working in the public sector ............................................................................................418 Employment Status Service now live................................................................................................................418 Off-payroll working and the collection of student loans.....................................................................................419 Payroll Software updates....................................................................................................................................421 Software developers: PAYE update 20 ............................................................................................................421 RTI technical specifications updated ................................................................................................................421 PAYE tax table specifications for Scottish Rate of Income Tax ........................................................................421 PAYE draft forms: specifications for substitute forms P60 for 2016 to 2017.....................................................422 Government Gateway SSLv3 ...........................................................................................................................422 Payroll Test Data Survey for Software Developers...........................................................................................422 PAYE RTI 2017-18: Internet techpack and test services ..................................................................................423 PAYE EDI technical specifications: expenses and benefits..............................................................................423 RTI Data Items Guide updated .........................................................................................................................423 Software developers: Government Gateway downtime ....................................................................................424 Government Gateway Transition and Transformation update ..........................................................................424 NICs guidance for software developers 2017-18..............................................................................................424 Further updates to GOV.UK pages for software developers.............................................................................424 PAYE tax table specifications for Scottish Rate of Income Tax ........................................................................425 Contacting HMRC Software Developers Support Team...................................................................................425 Software developers PAYE for employers API workshop.................................................................................425 Local Test Service and LTS update manager...................................................................................................426 Scottish Rate of Income Tax and Relief at Source ...........................................................................................426 HMRC payroll test data for 2017-18 .................................................................................................................427 Small employers relief threshold and recovery rate..........................................................................................428 Payroll test data for Directors NI and Student Loans........................................................................................429 Serious ill-health lump sums and RTI reporting ................................................................................................429 New Scottish Income Tax Powers from 2017-18..............................................................................................430 Payroll Test Data 2017-18................................................................................................................................430 Software Developers - update to RTI and DPS techpacks ...............................................................................431 Government Gateway Transition and Transformation ......................................................................................431

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