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Policy Bi-Monthly Newsletter – September 2016
The SFA has created a survey so that training providers and interested organisations have the opportunity to comment on their Proposals for a Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) .
The survey will close on Monday, 5 September.
Further information
Guidance for employers thinking about becoming apprenticeship training providers . This document will be of interest to employers who pay the levy, and may wish to act as their own training provider in the new system. Apprenticeship funding calculator . This tool will help all employers (both levied and non-levied) understand what levy they will pay and how they could use the new digital service to plan and fund training. Updated guidance on the apprenticeship levy: how it will work . Existing online guidance updated, which gives employers a clear explanation of how they will pay the levy, manage and use their funds in the new system.
Apprenticeship Levy guidance for software developers 19 September 2016
HMRC’s SDS Team has provided updated guidance for software developers on the Apprenticeship Levy which comes into effect in April 2017.
The record of amendments (see below), are listed at the end of the document and show what has changed from the first version which was published in June 2016.
To access the updated guidance scroll to the bottom of this news item .
Draft regulations for the calculation, payment and recovery of the Apprenticeship Levy 20 September 2016
HMRC has published the first set of draft regulations for the Apprenticeship Levy for a period of technical consultation, which will close on 14 November 2016.
In April 2017, the way the government funds apprenticeships is changing, through the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy. Some employers will be required to contribute to a new Apprenticeship Levy.
This technical consultation asks for comments on the draft regulations made under the powers contained in the Finance Act 2016 to provide for the calculation, reporting and payment of the Apprenticeship Levy, and recovery of overpaid levy. These draft regulations also specify how the levy allowance will operate, on a monthly, cumulative basis. Geographical extent – this consultation applies to all employers in the UK, both public and private sector, who will or are likely to have a liability to pay the Apprenticeship Levy (annual pay bills greater than £3 million, subject to the rules on connection).
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