“Following on from announcements relating to the new Job Support Scheme, are you intending to use it, and if so, has this affected your imminent employment plans?”
This Quick Poll will take less than a minute to respond to, and will help us gauge what the appetite is for the new measure introduced by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, as part of his Winter Economy Plan.
This follows on from a poll that aimed to establish whether many employers were planning to make use of the Job Retention Bonus. Both the Job Support Scheme and the Job Retention Bonus can be claimed for, subject to certain eligibility criteria, and were designed to sit alongside one another.
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FAQs: The Job Support Scheme 12 October 2020
Following on from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement on 24 September 2020 that the Government would be launching a new Job Support Scheme (JSS), to help support employers to keep employees in ‘viable employment’ over the coming Winter months, the CIPP’s Policy and research team has answered some of the most commonly asked questions on the topic, within the JSS FAQs. The information provided centres on what has been officially confirmed so far, but further guidance on the more intricate details of the scheme will be issued in due course. As guidance evolves, the JSS FAQs will be updated accordingly, and members will also be notified of any changes or additions via News Online.
CIPP comment
If there are any questions you would like to submit in relation to the JSS, please don’t hesitate to contact the Policy and research team, at Policy@cipp.org.uk, and we can contact the relevant bodies to request an answer.
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The CIPP’s response to the HMRC consultation: ‘Supporting veterans’ transition to civilian life through employment’ 13 October 2020
HMRC published a consultation, which ran from July 2020 to October 2020, and sought to gain feedback on how a new employer’s 12-month National Insurance (NI) contributions holiday for businesses employing veterans could potentially work. The CIPP’s Policy and research team hosted a survey, and held a virtual thinktank roundtable meeting to collate the views of payroll professionals, in order to shape the CIPP’s formal response to HMRC.
The consultation focused on four key areas, which were:
Definitions
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Eligibility
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Administration
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Record-keeping and evidence requirements
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Of utmost concern to CIPP members, who responded to the survey or attended the meeting (or both), was the proposed transitional arrangement for the initial year that the policy will be implemented in, in tax year 2021-22. The current intention is for employers to continue to pay employer NI contributions as normal on the wages of the veterans, to then receive a credit back to their PAYE accounts for the relevant amount after submitting a Full Payment
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