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The majority of respondents (77%) stated that the change from full weeks’ worth of leave to leave taken in blocks of days would not make it difficult for payroll teams to amend pay accordingly, with the remaining 23% confirming that it would. As with all changes that are made to employee pay, there would need to be a real focus on communication in order to make this a success. The relevant departments would need to liaise with the payroll department with sufficient time for them to make the amendments to employee pay, but if one payroll deadline was missed, the adjustment could potentially be made in a subsequent pay period.
We look forward to seeing whether changes to the way in which unpaid parental leave can be taken come to fruition and will keep the payroll profession updated as soon as we know any more.
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If you have any additional comments on this question, then please contact the Policy team, at Policy@cipp.org.uk.
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CIPP Quick Poll results: How extensive is HMRC’s CJRS compliance work? 17 August 2021
The CIPP’s Policy team is in regular conversation with CIPP members. Recently, there have been reports that HMRC has been issuing letters relating to compliance with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Therefore, we wanted to determine how widely these letters have been circulated.
To do this, we posted a Quick Poll on our News Online page, which asked:
“Have you received a compliance letter from HMRC asking for information about CJRS audits?”
The majority of answers indicated that no, organisations had not received compliance letters of this nature, with 84% of respondents selecting that option. This means that the remaining 16% confirmed that, yes, they had received letters relating to CJRS audits from HMRC. We know that CJRS audits are going to be a big activity for HMRC going forward, with the introduction of the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce in March 2021’s B udget. We wait to see over the coming weeks and months if there are additional reports from payroll departments in this area, and how HMRC will carry the audits out.
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CIPP Quick Poll: Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme 17 August 2021
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Rebate Scheme was implemented to allow certain eligible organisations to claim back amounts paid for employees’ coronavirus -related SSP.
One of the rules of the scheme is that organisations can only claim back for a maximum of the total number of employees who were enrolled in PAYE schemes as of 28 February 2020, as laid out in The SSP (Coronavirus) (Funding o f Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020.
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