Policy News Journal
2017-18
As at 14 March 2018
Produced by the CIPP policy and research team
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Contents Apprenticeships ................................................................................................ 17 Apprenticeship Service open for registration ......................................................................................................17 Apprenticeship Levy manual...............................................................................................................................17 Apprenticeship levy guidance for employers with pooled PAYE schemes .........................................................18 Employer guide to apprenticeships.....................................................................................................................18 Apprenticeship standards and funding framework updated ................................................................................18 Maximise your apprenticeship funding ...............................................................................................................19 Apprenticeship Levy payers in Scotland.............................................................................................................20 Apprenticeship numbers fall by 59% after levy imposed ....................................................................................21 Apprenticeship Live broadcasts in schools .........................................................................................................21 Apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers ......................................................................................22 Apprenticeship levy or training levy? ..................................................................................................................22 CIPP Policy & Research.................................................................................... 24 General News.........................................................................................................................................................24 Pay attachment volunteers needed ....................................................................................................................24 Call for evidence: Taxation of employee expenses - CIPP membership Policy roundtable ................................24 Submitting car data - HMRC and CIPP joint survey ...........................................................................................25 Your experience with NMW and NLW – CIPP and Low Pay Commission Roundtable ......................................25 CIPD survey on proposed changes to payslips ..................................................................................................26 Payslip activity survey ........................................................................................................................................26 CIPP response to consultation on draft PAYE regulations .................................................................................27 Quick Polls.............................................................................................................................................................28 CIPP quick poll on reconciliation issues .............................................................................................................28 Do you remember to log your Continuing Professional Development? ..............................................................28 Quick poll on public sector exit payments cap ....................................................................................................29 Have you begun any data preparation for GDPR? .............................................................................................29 Public sector exit payments cap .........................................................................................................................31 Quick Poll on training..........................................................................................................................................32 Tax and NICs rules with BiKs and cash options .................................................................................................32 T’was the night before Christmas and nothing stirred in the workplace… ..........................................................33 CIPP poll on taxation of employee expenses .....................................................................................................33 Will payroll software be able to deal with changes to Scottish income tax?........................................................34 Taxation of employee expenses .........................................................................................................................35 Webcasts................................................................................................................................................................37 CIPP webcast – policy team out and about ........................................................................................................37 CIPP webcast on Optional Remuneration Arrangements (OpRA)......................................................................37 CIPP webcast –Back to Basics for Automatic Enrolment ...................................................................................37 CIPP webcast on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) .........................................................................38 CIPP webcast on Autumn Budget 2017 .............................................................................................................38 Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)............................................................... 39 Suppliers of CIS online .......................................................................................................................................39 HMRC Construction Industry Scheme webinars.................................................................................................39 CIS - repayment claims for limited company subcontractors ..............................................................................40 HMRC Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) webinars .......................................................................................40 Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) products....................................................................................................40 HMRC Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) webinars .......................................................................................41 Suppliers of CIS online .......................................................................................................................................41 Data protection .................................................................................................. 42 General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)....................................................................................................42 Prepare now for biggest change to data protection law for a generation............................................................42 What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? ................................................................................43 A fifth of adults polled will request data from employers under new data protection regulation ..........................44 New Data Protection Bill to bring GDPR into UK law..........................................................................................45 Have you begun any data preparation for GDPR? .............................................................................................46 UK outlines proposals for shared approach on data protection ..........................................................................48 GDPR – setting the record straight on data breach reporting .............................................................................49 Data Protection Bill published.............................................................................................................................49 GDPR guidance on contracts and liabilites between controllers and processors ...............................................50 CIPP webcast on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) .........................................................................51 GDPR phone service for small and micro businesses ........................................................................................51 EU guidance on GDPR data breach and profiling ..............................................................................................52 Website privacy notices found to be inadequate ................................................................................................52 Uber concealed colossal data breach.................................................................................................................53 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) .....................................................................................................54
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GDPR guidance on personal data breaches ......................................................................................................55 Employment News ............................................................................................ 56 Employment Law & Guidance ..............................................................................................................................56 Acas guidance on calculating holiday pay ..........................................................................................................56 New Acas guidance on gig economy working and employment status rights.....................................................56 Welsh Assembly Bill to reverse elements of Trade Union Act for Wales ............................................................57 Employing illegal workers – it isn’t worth the risk… ............................................................................................58 Home Office publish update guidance - an employer’s guide to Right to Work checks ......................................58 Employment rate at highest since records began...............................................................................................59 Insolvency Service Holiday Pay to include contractual-based commission ........................................................59 The Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 ....................................................................................................................60 Whistleblowing changes implemented in Northern Ireland .................................................................................60 Hidden maternity discrimination in confidentiality clauses ..................................................................................61 Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill .......................................................................................................61 Employment tribunal fee refund scheme launched.............................................................................................62 Applications open to all for employment tribunal fees refund scheme ................................................................62 Pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work ................................................................................................62 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2018 ...................................................................................63 Morrisons faces £100m equal pay claim from shop floor workers ......................................................................64 The impact of the Beast from the East on leave and pay ...................................................................................64 Sainsbury's workers face ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ pay offer ..........................................................................65 South Korea passes bill to reduce 68-hour working week ..................................................................................65 Employment Tribunals..........................................................................................................................................67 Consultation published on caste discrimination ..................................................................................................67 Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR) Dismissal ..........................................................................................67 £25,000 for early termination of apprenticeship contract ....................................................................................67 BHS workers share £1m payout over failed redundancy process ......................................................................68 Working Time - sleeping at work ........................................................................................................................69 Unlawful contracts ..............................................................................................................................................69 Definition of Worker ............................................................................................................................................69 Holiday Pay and ‘three-month gap’ rule..............................................................................................................70 British Airways loses High Court battle over discretionary increase ...................................................................71 Calculating Strike Pay ........................................................................................................................................71 BA to appeal High Court ruling on discretionary increases.................................................................................72 Altering contractual job duties without prior consultation and agreement ...........................................................72 Territorial Jurisdiction .........................................................................................................................................73 Ambulance workers’ holiday pay to include overtime for ‘shift overruns’ ............................................................74 Shared parental pay - father wins sex discrimination case .................................................................................74 Employees not under duty to disclose intention to compete ...............................................................................75 Holiday pay implications for 'gig economy' workers ............................................................................................76 Charity to pay care workers minimum wage for sleep-ins ..................................................................................76 Glasgow City Council to pay up following equal pay victory ...............................................................................77 TUPE and Garden Leave ...................................................................................................................................77 HMRC wins in Rangers Football Club tax avoidance case.................................................................................78 TUPE and pre-packs arrangements ...................................................................................................................78 Tribunal under duty to consider stigma future loss claim....................................................................................79 Whistleblowing: Public Interest Requirement......................................................................................................79 Court victory for same-sex survivor pension rights .............................................................................................80 Calculating pension benefits for part-time workers .............................................................................................81 Employee imprisoned for breaching court order .................................................................................................82 UNISON legal victory sees employment tribunal fees scrapped.........................................................................82 Unlawful employment tribunal fees.....................................................................................................................82 Employers must now include voluntary overtime in holiday pay calculations .....................................................83 Employment tribunal rules against Addison Lee in employment status case .....................................................84 Employers will be obliged to consult with unions around workplace issues........................................................84 Plumbers to take self-employment case ruling to Supreme Court ......................................................................85 Suspension is not a neutral act...........................................................................................................................85 Asda equal pay claims: Comparability................................................................................................................85 Monitoring workers' emails for private use..........................................................................................................86 Part Time Workers' Discrimination......................................................................................................................87 Employment tribunal rules in favour of drivers in worker-status case .................................................................87 Failure to conduct risk assessment for breastfeeding mother.............................................................................87 TUPE transfer: new security contractor takes over equipment but not staff .......................................................88 Deliveroo riders take first step in legal challenge for employment rights ............................................................88 Working 12 consecutive days without a weekly rest break is permissible ..........................................................89 Worker Status: Uber Drivers are 'Workers' .........................................................................................................89
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Why the Deliveroo ruling against worker status is a ‘one-off’..............................................................................89 Failure to evidence right to work.........................................................................................................................90 Court backs salesman's claim for 13 years of holiday pay .................................................................................91 Morrisons held vicariously liable for payroll data breach ....................................................................................91 Uber appeal on 'worker' status ...........................................................................................................................92 Tribunal confirms termination payments to Spurs not subject to NICs ...............................................................93 Equal Pay Arrears from Insolvent Companies ....................................................................................................93 Surveillance Cameras and Privacy at Work........................................................................................................94 Inducements to forego collective bargaining rights.............................................................................................94 Whistleblowing....................................................................................................................................................95 Refusing to work in protest .................................................................................................................................95 Surveillance Cameras and Privacy at Work 2.....................................................................................................96 Rest breaks under the Working Time Regulations (WTR) ..................................................................................96 Expiry of Fixed Term Contracts and Unfair Dismissal ........................................................................................97 Effective Date of Termination .............................................................................................................................98 £250,000 holiday back-pay paid out to London construction workers ................................................................98 Unlawful Deductions: Construing Complex Contracts ........................................................................................99 Injury to feelings for Working Time detriment claim ............................................................................................99 Tesco faces Britain's largest ever equal pay claim ...........................................................................................100 Worker wins 'groundbreaking' victory in payroll case .......................................................................................100 BBC news presenter loses IR35 appeal ...........................................................................................................101 Working Time: Time spent 'on call' at home .....................................................................................................101 Redundancy: Collective Consultation ...............................................................................................................102 Agency worker rights ........................................................................................................................................102 Discrimination: Date of Decision.......................................................................................................................103 Calculating holiday pay for term time workers ..................................................................................................103 Pregnant workers may be dismissed on grounds of a collective redundancy...................................................104 Age Discrimination............................................................................................................................................104 Gender Pay Gap ..................................................................................................................................................106 CIPP webcast on Gender Pay Gap Reporting..................................................................................................106 Gender Pay Gap viewing service .....................................................................................................................106 Gender pay gap reporting – explaining your data.............................................................................................106 Department for Education reports gender pay gap...........................................................................................107 BBC announce major reviews into equal pay and gender pay gap ..................................................................108 Acas reports 7.1% gender pay gap ..................................................................................................................108 Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes gender pay gap................................................................109 New drive to end the gender pay gap...............................................................................................................109 London now has largest gender pay gap..........................................................................................................110 Managing the gender pay gap ..........................................................................................................................110 Consultation published on enforcing the gender pay gap regulations ..............................................................111 Gender Pay Gap Reporting under the spotlight................................................................................................112 CIPP survey on ‘Enforcing the Gender Pay Gap Regulations’ .........................................................................113 Free Gender Pay Gap Webinar available to CIPP members............................................................................113 BBC Gender Pay Gap: Top-earning men to accept cuts and women in line for pay rises ................................114 CIPP response to consultation on enforcing the gender pay gap regulations...................................................114 CIPP survey on Gender Pay Gap Reporting experiences ................................................................................115 Numbers of employers reporting their Gender Pay Gaps slowly rises..............................................................116 Will International Women’s Day see a surge in gender pay gap reports? ........................................................116 The first gender pay gap reporting deadline only 3 weeks away ......................................................................117 Are you working on your narrative for your gender pay gap report?.................................................................117 Gender pay gap means women work for free for more than two months .........................................................118 General Employment News ................................................................................................................................119 Payroll Giving @30Thunderclap .......................................................................................................................119 Paper £5 notes to be withdrawn from circulation ..............................................................................................119 Employment rate joint highest since 1971 ........................................................................................................119 Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR) - guidance consultation....................................................................120 Financial wellbeing webinar..............................................................................................................................121 Stress continues to be main cause of long-term absence ................................................................................121 International Payroll Day...................................................................................................................................122 Sickness cover to be provided for Uber drivers ................................................................................................123 Millennial women less financially confident than millennial men.......................................................................123 Upturn in demand for temporary/contract workers in the UK ............................................................................124 One in five employers expect to announce a pay freeze ..................................................................................125 Only 1 in 4 people with a long-term mental illness are in work .........................................................................125 Check your controls in wake of cyber attacks...................................................................................................126 Use of labour providers: advice on due diligence .............................................................................................127 Homeworking up by 152,000 over the last year................................................................................................128
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Sick on the job? ................................................................................................................................................128 Long commutes costing firms a week’s worth of staff productivity....................................................................129 Less than 1 in 5 UK managers support ‘hard Brexit’.........................................................................................130 How to tackle summer related employment Issues ..........................................................................................131 Firms asked to increase older worker numbers by 12% by 2022 .....................................................................131 Financial wellbeing webinar..............................................................................................................................132 Protecting vulnerable workers from exploitation ...............................................................................................132 Come rain or shine…........................................................................................................................................133 Go home on time on Wednesday 21 June 2017...............................................................................................134 A quarter of new dads are missing out on paternity leave and pay ..................................................................134 Do your employees know about Childcare Choices? .......................................................................................135 31.95 million people now in work......................................................................................................................135 Call for flexible, affordable and straightforward immigration system.................................................................136 Calling all offices and workplaces – wear it pink is coming!..............................................................................136 The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.............................................................................................137 Holiday pay calculations could change for workers ..........................................................................................138 Equal tax treatment for different forms of employment .....................................................................................139 Bogus self-employment in construction out of control ......................................................................................140 The role of the Return to Work Plan after sickness absence ............................................................................141 FTSE 100 CEO pay packages..........................................................................................................................142 Supporting trans employees in the workplace ..................................................................................................142 Do you work in Education in England? .............................................................................................................142 Acas e- learning for free ...................................................................................................................................143 Workplace support for parents with premature or sick babies ..........................................................................144 Returning to work after time out for caring........................................................................................................144 Bank and building society immigration checks on customers ...........................................................................145 National Work Life Week ..................................................................................................................................146 All working parents should have 5 days of paid parental leave ........................................................................147 Modern slavery - transparency in supply chains...............................................................................................147 Mental health in the workplace .........................................................................................................................148 Universal Credit roll-out in Scotland .................................................................................................................148 Universal Credit roll-out: Autumn/Winter 2017..................................................................................................149 A quarter of UK workers say they would have to be hospitalised before they took a sick day..........................149 ‘Thriving at work’...............................................................................................................................................150 Child maintenance deductions will be allowed from joint accounts...................................................................151 Median earnings for FT employees up 2.2% ....................................................................................................151 Phased roll-out of faster cheque clearing system has begun ...........................................................................152 Just one in three get chance to train at work ....................................................................................................153 Managing sick leave and statutory sick pay......................................................................................................154 Is pay higher in the public or private sector? ....................................................................................................154 Hike in rail fares – do you provide beneficial loans to your employees?...........................................................155 Fit for Work assessment referrals.....................................................................................................................155 Sponsor a Tier 2 or 5 worker: guidance for employers .....................................................................................156 Businesses need clarity on digital tax software ................................................................................................156 Employers are looking for the right talent in younger workers ..........................................................................157 NHS 'should be funded by new tax' ..................................................................................................................157 Employers in the dark ages over recruitment of pregnant women and new mothers .......................................157 Drive to increase shared parental leave ...........................................................................................................158 HMRC Webinars...............................................................................................................................................159 Expenses, Benefits & Reward........................................................................ 160 Company Cars .....................................................................................................................................................160 Advisory Fuel Rates for Company Cars from 1 March 2017.............................................................................160 Advisory Fuel Rates for Company Cars from 1 June 2017...............................................................................160 Submitting car data - HMRC and CIPP joint survey .........................................................................................161 The future of company cars is electric and hybrid if UK follows France............................................................161 PAYE: end-of-year expenses and benefits (online form)..................................................................................162 Advisory Fuel Rates for Company Cars from 1 September 2017 .....................................................................162 Scotland to expand its charging network for Electric Vehicles..........................................................................162 Are you voluntarily payrolling company cars?...................................................................................................163 Advisory Fuel Rates for Company Cars from 1 December 2017 ......................................................................163 Advisory Fuel Rates for Company Cars from 1 March 2018.............................................................................164 Company Car Tax rules 2002 to 2020 ..............................................................................................................164 General Expenses, Benefits & Reward News ...................................................................................................165 HM Treasury calls for evidence on employee expenses ..................................................................................165 Tax exemption on employer provided pension advice ......................................................................................165 Overnight subsistence allowances for lorry drivers...........................................................................................166
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Taxation of Employee Expenses Call for Evidence ..........................................................................................167 Voluntary Payrolling for a BiK where the new OpRA rules apply......................................................................167 Voluntary payrolling BiKs company cars and fuel – volunteers needed ...........................................................168 Employee rewards using gold bullion is not a reasonable course of action ......................................................168 Guidance on Optional Remuneration Arrangements and Voluntary Payrolling ................................................169 Salary sacrifice guidance updated....................................................................................................................170 Updated 480: Expenses and benefits - a tax guide ..........................................................................................171 Class 1A National Insurance contributions on benefits in kind (CWG5) ...........................................................171 Car Salary Sacrifice – Optional Remuneration Arrangements (OpRA).............................................................172 HMRC webinar on payrolling ............................................................................................................................172 Scale rate expenses payments for employee travelling outside the UK ...........................................................172 Payrolling car benefit and car fuel benefit – guidance updated ........................................................................172 The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations .............................................................173 Minor corrections to draft P11D(b)....................................................................................................................173 HMRC expenses and benefits live webinars for employers..............................................................................174 HMRC business help on payrolling expenses and benefits ..............................................................................174 Taxation of employee expenses .......................................................................................................................175 Employers exempt from online payroll reporting...............................................................................................176 Approved professional organisations and learned societies (list 3) ..................................................................176 Tax-Free Childcare (TFC)....................................................................................................................................177 Tax Free Childcare to be launched 28 April 2017.............................................................................................177 Childcare Choices website launched................................................................................................................177 Tax-Free Childcare available now for children under four ................................................................................177 Do your employees know about the new Childcare Choices website ...............................................................178 Role of employers in opting out of ESC into TFC .............................................................................................178 Eligible parents should apply early for 30 hours free childcare.........................................................................179 Tax-Free Childcare to open to children under 6 ...............................................................................................180 Childcare Choices – apply for your 30 hours of free childcare..........................................................................180 Tax-Free Childcare rollout continues................................................................................................................182 Existing Employer Supported Childcare closed to new entrants from 6 April ...................................................183 Tax-Free Childcare opens to all parents with children under 12.......................................................................183 Tax-Free Childcare...........................................................................................................................................184 Government News........................................................................................... 186 CIPP summary of Budget 2017 ..........................................................................................................................186 CIPP summary of Autumn Budget 2017 ............................................................................................................192 Brexit ....................................................................................................................................................................198 What does Brexit mean for UK employment law? ............................................................................................198 Brexit: Employment Law...................................................................................................................................199 Clarity on Brexit for ‘all’ of the UK .....................................................................................................................200 UK formally triggers Article 50 ..........................................................................................................................201 Prime Minister’s letter to European Council President triggering Article 50......................................................202 Repeal Bill introduced to exit the EU with certainty ..........................................................................................202 European Union (Referendum on the Withdrawal Agreement) Bill...................................................................203 Scottish and Welsh leaders threaten to block Brexit laws.................................................................................203 45% of EU nationals plan to stay in the UK ......................................................................................................204 Progress made at EU talks with devolved governments...................................................................................204 General Election News........................................................................................................................................206 £10 minimum wage if Labour win next election ................................................................................................206 Prime Minister announces 8 June snap general election .................................................................................206 8 June general election confirmed....................................................................................................................206 The pre-election period.....................................................................................................................................207 Labour would introduce four new bank holidays if it wins election....................................................................207 Labour plans to transform the workplace..........................................................................................................208 Finance Bill massively reduced due to snap election .......................................................................................208 PLSA unveils pension priorities for party manifestos ........................................................................................209 Labour could introduce a new income tax bracket............................................................................................210 Lib Dems offer ‘daddy month’ of paid parental leave for new fathers ...............................................................210 Further workers' rights protections promised by PM.........................................................................................211 Conservative Manifesto 2017 ...........................................................................................................................211 Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2017.....................................................................................................................212 Labour Manifesto 2017 .....................................................................................................................................213 UK election ends in hung parliament ................................................................................................................214 General Government News.................................................................................................................................215 BEIS Committee launch inquiry into the future world of work ...........................................................................215 New double taxation dispute resolution mechanism.........................................................................................215 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions........................................................................................................216
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Financial Secretary to the HM Treasury ...........................................................................................................216 Parliamentary under-secretary for pensions and financial inclusion .................................................................217 Queen’s Speech ...............................................................................................................................................217 Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill........................................................................................................218 Office of Tax Simplification: Annual Report 2016-17 ........................................................................................219 Immigration Bill .................................................................................................................................................220 Have your say in the development of potential new Welsh taxes .....................................................................220 All policies back in the second 2017 Finance Bill .............................................................................................221 Finance Bill (No.2) 2017 ...................................................................................................................................221 Rip-off card charges to be outlawed from January 2018 ..................................................................................222 New plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen unveiled ......................................................................................222 Consultation on changing legal gender to be launched ....................................................................................223 Government to announce end of the diesel and petrol car ...............................................................................223 Money Laundering Regulations 2017 ...............................................................................................................223 Consultation on EEA-workers in the UK labour market ....................................................................................224 Labour Market Enforcement Director seeks views and evidence .....................................................................224 HMRC childcare service compensation for technical failures ...........................................................................226 Scotland’s fiscal position improves and tax revenue grows ..............................................................................226 Career break returner programmes launched across public sector ..................................................................227 Reform will require listed firms to reveal CEO-to-employee pay ratios.............................................................227 Second Finance Bill 2017 published.................................................................................................................228 The Office of Tax Simplification is looking for people to join its team ...............................................................229 Autumn Budget 2017 date confirmed ...............................................................................................................229 Public sector pay awards confirmed for 2017/18 ..............................................................................................229 Employee outsourcing hides forced labour in the workforce.............................................................................230 Defending devolution........................................................................................................................................231 Progressive tax plans for Wales .......................................................................................................................231 Supporting small employers to offer job opportunities ......................................................................................232 Scottish Draft Budget 2018-19..........................................................................................................................232 Webinar highlights changes to anti-money laundering regulations...................................................................233 Freeze on tax thresholds on Budget agenda ....................................................................................................233 Update on the future of DWP jobcentres ..........................................................................................................234 300,000 people are leaving their jobs each year due to mental illness.............................................................234 Treasury could axe NI relief on employer pension contributions ......................................................................235 DWP customer phone lines to become freephone ...........................................................................................235 Will Autumn Budget extend IR35 reforms into private sector?..........................................................................236 Bank interest rate increased to 0.5%................................................................................................................236 Scotland could see up to six levels of income tax band....................................................................................237 Draft bill takes forward key recommendations from Taylor Review ..................................................................238 Scottish taxpayer address records remains biggest risk to HMRC ...................................................................239 Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged............................................................................................239 One major fiscal event a year ...........................................................................................................................240 New ministerial appointments following political reshuffle ................................................................................240 Change to Immigration Rules from January 2018 ............................................................................................240 3 million still to complete Self Assessment a week before deadline .................................................................241 Launch of the NAO – University of Birmingham Tax Centre.............................................................................241 Next steps in Welsh tax devolution confirmed ..................................................................................................242 Private Members Bill to receive a second reading to extend the right to shared parental leave .......................242 Major review of post-18 education launched ....................................................................................................243 Spring Statement 2018.....................................................................................................................................244 HM Revenue & Customs................................................................................. 245 General HMRC News...........................................................................................................................................245 HMRC warn of new “Your 2016 Tax Report” email scam.................................................................................245 HMRC wins £3.1m dispute over tax software ...................................................................................................245 Worldwide Disclosure Facility – additional 90 days for complex tax affairs ......................................................246 3000 HMRC jobs move to Edinburgh ...............................................................................................................246 HMRC reports best ever year for customer service..........................................................................................247 Tax credit renewal – one week to go ................................................................................................................247 Brain disorder research’ scheme guilty of tax avoidance..................................................................................248 Payment policy nets more than £4bn from tax avoiders ...................................................................................248 New Director Generals to head HMRC’s Customer Services and Customer Compliance Groups ...................249 New help for small businesses launched by HMRC .........................................................................................249 Appealing a decision through HM Courts and Tribunals Service......................................................................250 Treasury Committee wants answers to issues with Childcare Service website ................................................250 HMRC calls for test to the public beta of the Business Tax Account ................................................................251 HMRC genuine and phishing/bogus emails......................................................................................................251
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