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And just like that, it’s April. As we welcome in the next season, we’re also thinking about the end of one tax year and the start of another. I’ve experienced year end processes for many years and gone are the days when it was a long-drawn-out activity, which consisted of manual
adjustments and many hours spent reconciling the payroll. The sight of piles of new tax code notifications filling the office are now a distant memory. This is all thanks to developments and changes in technology, enabling more electronic sharing of data and the ability to reconcile on a period-by-period basis. Technology is a welcome benefit in payroll, which helps teams to simplify and streamline. However, as we have seen in the news recently, this unfortunately heightens the risk of cyber- attacks. As we increase our use of technology, it’s critical we educate our staff on what to look for and to educate them on the latest scams. This education is now forming part of the mandatory training requirements in many organisations. At the CIPP, we’re developing training in cybersecurity. Our ‘Cybersecurity essentials for payroll’ course is now available to book via our website, along with many more courses to enhance the knowledge in your team. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the events we have planned in the coming months, so please come over for a chat and say hello.
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
Clare Warrington MSc FCIPPdip AFHEA (clare.warrington@cipp.org.uk) Chair, CIPP
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message Here’s to a new tax year and to finalising 2023/24. I hope all of you involved in the hands-on delivery of payroll are being supported by colleagues in the business and have been given the space and time required to complete year end returns and other duties. This is especially relevant to those involved in bureau delivery, where you will have multiple tasks to complete for a variety of clients. It’s great to confirm that, following the Annual General Meeting held in February, the CIPP has three new board members joining this month: l Ana Laiu l Lara Smart l Brian Sparling. I look forward to working with you and would like to thank everyone who took the time to cast a vote for new board members and for the accounts review. Collaboration is a key term often alluded to in conversations I’m having with many other Institutes, and I wanted to reflect on that for a moment. It is, of course, correct that we get the best from each other with teamwork, and that spending time ensuring our relationships work well is time invested wisely. To be able to co-operate and create an effective approach as a group is an indicator of success, and as many of you know, I’m keen to receive constructive feedback on any items you think are missing from our day-to-day communications, the offerings available through membership or the approach taken to represent the industry at government forums and events. Please share your thoughts. I’m here to serve you, and this is a partnership between us all. The theme of this issue of Professional is technology. I have spent 40 years in the industry and have witnessed the move from wholly manual calculations completed with tax tables, to carbonised paper to create outputs and onto computer systems / integrated software with apps available on demand. Throughout that journey, the experienced and qualified professional has always been essential, and is required to ensure compliance and to provide an expert opinion and view. Technology is an enabler to the profession, so my advice to you is to embrace the opportunity.
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Jason Davenport MCIPP MIoD (jason.davenport@cipp.org.uk) Chief executive officer, CIPP
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