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Pay attachment volunteers needed 26 June 2017
Are the number of pay attachments that you receive from HM Court & Tribunal Service (HMCTS) increasing? If so how are you currently managing that process and particularly when it comes to making payments?
Do you make single payments on a per employee basis or do you make a single payment that covers multiple numbers of employees.
Recognising that the payroll experience can vary enormously, HMCTS would very much like to work alongside payroll professionals to experience the pay attachment journey from the employer perspective, from the point at which notification is first received through to the payment being submitted to HMCTS, in a bid to improve the overall experience both for HMCTS and for the employers and the payroll professionals who serve employers.
Would you be open to sharing your experiences with HMCTS?
If so please contact Samantha Mann, CIPP Senior policy & research officer by email to policy thank you.
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Call for evidence: Taxation of employee expenses - CIPP membership Policy roundtable 26 June 2017
The CIPP Policy team are hosting a think tank roundtable to discuss the HM Treasury Call for Evidence on the taxation of employee expenses.
This CIPP think tank roundtable will be attended by representatives from HM Treasury and HMRC and we invite you as members of the CIPP to attend.
Prior to the General Election HM Treasury put out a call for evidence on the subject of taxation of employee expenses. This consultation will run until 10 July 2017.
The call for evidence aims to help government better understand the use of existing tax reliefs on employee expenses. The direct cost to the exchequer currently stands at £800 million a year for employee claims for tax relief which reflects a 25% increase in claims between 2009-10 and 2014-15. To better understand why this increase has occurred, particularly where employees choose to use an agent to submit their claim for relief, rather than submit the claims directly to HMRC, government wants to gather evidence to establish whether: The current rules or administration can be made more clear and simple. Tax rules for expenses are fit for purpose in our modern economy as much has changed since the current tax rules were first introduced and working practices have seen a shift away from manufacturing towards the service sector. The cost to the exchequer for direct claims by employees, particularly through the services of an agent, has increased to ensure that the reliefs are being used as intended.
Evidence is invited from employers and employees under three main areas which are:
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