CIPP Payroll: need to know - 2023-24

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• allow HMRC to send specified correspondence to taxpayers digitally by default, unless they elect to continue to receive paper communications • require taxpayers to provide up to date electronic contact details to HMRC • allow HMRC more flexibility in how it communicates tax code changes to taxpayers.”

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New regulations passed for salary advances Published: 12 March 2024 Emailed: 13 March 2024

Following on from the technical consultation which ran from September – October 2023, new regulations have been passed, coming into effect from 6 April 2024, which mean only one full payment submission (FPS) is required per pay period, even if an advance is paid during that period. The policy team responded to last years consultation , and are pleased to see the new regulations have been passed, which will result in less administrative burden for employers and payroll service providers, alongside less disruption to employees in receipt of Universal Credit who may receive salary advances from their employer.

The new regulations can be found below:

• The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 • The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2024.

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New consultation on employees hours being reported on RTI from April 2025

Published: 14 March 2024 Emailed: 20 March 2024

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today has published a new technical consultation , which will require businesses to change the information they provide to HMRC through both Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) returns completed by employers, and Income Tax Self-Assessment returns. For payroll professionals, whether working in-house or as a service provider, this means from April 2025, employers will be required to provide more detailed information on employees’ hours paid via RTI. This may mean a change in the data gathered from you r or your clients’ employees, in order to meet the new reporting requirements.

HMRC have confirmed the measure will not come into force any earlier than the start of the tax year 2025 to 2026.

Keep an eye on your emails, as the policy team have already spoken to HMRC officials leading on this technical consultation, who’ve confirmed they wish to run think tanks with our full, fellow and Chartered members, to discuss the draft regulations in more detail.

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