Withdrawal of ordering paper P45s and P60s from HMRC: postponement 16 June 2020
In March 2020, HMRC announced that they were intending to withdraw the facility of ordering blank P45s and P60s online. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HMRC has postponed this action until 1 August 2020 to give employers more time to prepare for the change. After this date, employers will be expected to print or issue their own digital P45s and P60s, but if this isn’t an option, the extra time given until the online service is removed should be used to implement this.
Those employers who are exempt from operating their payroll online will not be affected, and should continue to contact the HMRC Order Line to order their stationery by telephone.
Last year, just 3% of employers ordered blank forms from HMRC, and are being contacted by HMRC with details of how to produce their own. HMRC records show that the peak order period for P60s occurs during the months of February and March, so by postponing the stoppage of this facility until August, it will give employers ample time to prepare.
If you are one of the 3% of employers who do use this form, HMRC urges you to:
• Prepare to start using payroll software to print or issue digital P45s and P60s • Make sure that you have enough stationery for the end of the tax year, and for any employees leaving your employment, while you are preparing to switch • If you use a payroll provider or bookkeeper, speak to them now to make sure they are ready
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The treatment of Direct Earnings Attachments during the coronavirus crisis 17 June 2020
On 3 April 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed that it would be writing to employers to instruct them to temporarily suspend Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) deductions from employees’ pay in April, May and June 2020, due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
The guidance states that employers will be notified if this suspension is to be extended.
The CIPP has contacted the DWP via its Debt Management contact centre to enquire if the suspension of DEAs will continue beyond June 2020. The team advised that, whilst not officially confirmed, the intention is for DEA deductions to resume from July 2020, and that letters would be circulated in due course to communicate this.
We await further confirmation of how DEAs will be treated after June 2020, and will update members through News as we hear further information.
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The Pensions Regulator updates guidance in relation to changes to the CJRS and how this will affect pension contributions 17 June 2020
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published updated COVID-19 guidance for employers in recognition of the fact that, from 1 July 2020, staff may be furloughed on a flexible basis, and permitted to return to work part-time for their
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