Policy News Journal - 2017-18

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Proposed statutory payment rates for 2018-19 28 November 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the proposed benefit rates and pension rates for 2018- 19.

Statutory rates

2017-18

2018-19

STATUTORY ADOPTION PAY Earnings threshold

£113.00 £140.98

£116.00 £145.18

Standard Rate

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY Earnings threshold

£113.00 £140.98

£116.00 £145.18

Standard Rate

STATUTORY PATERNITY PAY Earnings threshold

£113.00 £140.98

£116.00 £145.18

Standard Rate

STATUTORY SHARED PARENTAL PAY Earnings threshold

£113.00 £140.98

£116.00 £145.18

Standard Rate

STATUTORY SICK PAY Earnings threshold

£113.00 £89.35

£116.00 £92.05

Standard Rate

The full list of Proposed benefit and pension rates 2017 to 2018 is available on GOV.UK.

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Software developers: PAYE for employers API 4 December 2017

Following on from a workshop on 1 November, HMRC’s Software Developers Support Team (SDST) is asking for views and a level of interest in developing an API which provides data at employee level.

HMRC is planning to deliver a new PAYE for employers API. The API will retrieve RTI data at PAYE scheme level; the list of functionality and data fields that can be called is below.

Monthly totals for all outstanding RTI bills, including interest List of fields that will be displayed: * employer ID (UTR) * tax month

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals

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