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PAYE tax table specifications for Scottish Rate of Income Tax 7 November 2016
Will your payroll software be ready for the possible change in income tax bandwidths from April 2017?
In August of this year we published a news item where HMRC’s Software Developers Support Team (SDST) provided a new draft of the Tax Table Routines specification which includes some new definitions for separate Scottish tax bandwidths.
As part of the implementation of wider devolution for Scotland the Scottish Government will be allowed to set income tax bandwidths that differ from the rest of the UK. These powers will apply from 6 April 2017.
The 2017–2018 tax rates and bandwidths will be announced by the Scottish Government in their Draft Budget which is planned for 15 December. This announcement will still be subject to the Scottish parliamentary approval process which is due to be completed before the start of the tax year.
You may wish to prepare for these potential changes by building this flexibility into your product in advance of the announcement using the PAYE Tax Table Routines specification v15 .
The routines in this new version remain unchanged from the earlier draft version that was attached to the news item on 5 August 2016.
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Contacting HMRC Software Developers Support Team 8 November 2016
HMRC’s Software Developers Support (SDS) Team want to make it as easy and as quick as possible for developers to contact them and are looking at new ways to provide the support needed.
HMRC will trial some of the new support measures with developers are very interested in receiving feedback. A number of small changes will be introduced with the new support services.
One of the first changes is that from 5 December 2016 the SDS team will no longer be able to provide inbound telephone support to 03000 518 308. The last day of telephony support will be 2 December 2016 .
Developers will still be able to email the team as usual at SDSTeam@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk , and they will continue to provide outbound telephone support where needed. The SDS Team still need to talk with you!
You can also contact the team by using the ‘get help with this page’ link on the API Developer Hub .
Please do let the SDS Team know if you have any feedback or suggestions for ways in which they can communicate and support you.
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Software developers PAYE for employers API workshop 23 November 2016
HMRC are building an API to allow third party software developers to read PAYE for employer’s data from HMRC and will be holding a workshop in London on Wednesday 30 November.
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