HM Revenue & Customs published news about how, by April 2015, up to two million people will be able to take control of their tax affairs through their own online accounts.
Exchequer Secretary David Gauke said:
“We want to give people the power to manage their tax affairs online as easily as they manage their bank accounts and this investment of over £200 million will allow HMRC to deliver a digital tax service fit for the twenty-first century. “For individuals, this will mean a better understanding of what they are paying and where it is being spent. For business people, it will give the control over their tax affairs and flexibility to manage them that allows them to focus on growing the business.” “This is a huge vote of confidence in HMRC. I am delighted that we have secured this investment, which will enable us to transform our increasingly popular digital services and build a groundbreaking digital tax service. We are committed to doing business with our customers in the way they want to do it.” The press release goes on to report that by the end of 2015-16 SMEs (small and medium enterprises) and their agents will be able to: access nearly everything they need through a single personalised homepage get direct access to all the online transactions relevant to them view a personalised tax calendar with digital alerts complete more transactions online (for example, telling HMRC that they’ve ceased trading) get answers to their questions through tailored online tools, thereby reducing post and phone volumes get relevant cross-Government information where appropriate and interact with HMRC digitally (in most cases) HMRC Chief Executive Lin Homer said:
The press release can be read in full at GOV.UK.
Withdrawal of HMRC E booklets – CIPP solution
10 March 2014
You may be aware that HMRC will no longer be producing a number of Employer help books. For those of you that value these, the CIPP has found a solution.
The latest issue of HMRC’s Employer Bulletin 46 (page 36) formally announced the end of the production of the following Employer help books and Statutory Payment booklets for April 2014:
E11 (Starting the tax year) E13 (RTI) & E13 (Day to Day Payroll) P49 (Employing someone for the first time) E12 (PAYE and NICs rates and limits) E14 (Statutory Sick Pay) E15 (Statutory Maternity Pay) E16 (Statutory Adoption Pay) E19 (Ordinary and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay).
With the new digital age fast approaching HMRC will, like other government departments be moving their guidance and information to GOV.UK over the coming months. As part of this work the E booklets we are used to in PDF format will no longer exist. The CIPP are however re-constructing the tables from these booklets to support you should you have the
CIPP Policy News Journal
16/04/2014, Page 69 of 519
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