Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
HMRC's Business Tax Dashboard and PAYE information
HMRC's Business Tax Dashboard may not display up to date month 5 information for some employers.
Another electronic message to help employers keep up to date with their PAYE
HMRC is introducing a new message to help employers keep their PAYE payments up to date.
CWG2(2013) Employer further guide to PAYE and NICs (PDF 1.7MB)
This helpbook has been amended: pages 35,41,42 for National Insurance, page 50 for students, page 55 for employees going abroad.
Percentage Threshold Scheme coming to an end and introduction of the Health and Work Service – update
As a result of the Government Response to the Sickness Absence Review , the abolition of the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS) was announced in the 2013 budget. It is intended PTS will finish at the end of the 2013-14 tax year. The money from PTS will be reinvested into funding the new Health and Work Service (HWS), which will support employers to better manage sickness absence and reduce sick- pay costs.
The service has two elements:
an advice line and website offering general advice on issues impacting on health and work to anyone who needs it an occupational health assessment providing expert advice to employees who reach or who are expected to reach four weeks’ sickness absence
Where appropriate, the service will produce a return to work plan and signpost employees to interventions.
GPs can refer employees who reach or are expected to reach four weeks’ sickness absence. Employers may also refer an employee if at that point they have not already been referred by their GP. In addition, Budget 2013 announced the Government would introduce a tax exemption for amounts up to £500 a year paid by employers for medical treatments for employees recommended by the Health and Work Service. In response to the consultation, the Government decided that in addition to the medical treatments recommended by the new service, it will extend the exemption to those recommended by employer-arranged occupational health services. Without such tax exemption, the payment would be liable to income tax and employer National Insurance contributions.
Details of the Health, Work and Wellbeing initiative can be found via this link.
Contracted-out Pensions – new Scheme Reconciliation Service
Scheme Reconciliation Service for contracted-out pensions
CIPP Policy News Journal
16/04/2014, Page 209 of 519
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