CIPP lifetime achievement award 2016 (payroll) The CIPP’s board of directors awarded this accolade to Norman, observing: “Norman has given support, guidance and advice, not only to the many students he has steered through CIPP qualifications, and which precedes the current qualifications, but also to members of the Board. “It is also important to recognise the support that has been provided to CIPP and others behind the scenes. This person is highly thought of by HMRC and other government departments and agencies as well as by all departments within the CIPP where he acts as a valuable sounding board for new ideas and for early policy development, as well as providing a technical insight into the requirements of payroll software. “Simply put, the payroll industry has benefited enormously as a result of Norman’s input, influence and experience – the profession would not be what it is now had he not been a part of it.”
in payroll systems to ensure good compliance and low additional burden on employers. CMG paid for me to be one of the first students of the (now) CIPP’s diploma in payroll management which after a year off I have taught ever since. And with CMG, now CGI, I stayed until I retired on 30 June 2016 with 35 years’ continuous service. Looking back over those 44 years, the most significant change I have seen in payroll has been central government’s use of payroll to deliver its policies. It started with SSP in the mid-1980s, quickly followed with statutory maternity pay and leave. Other statutory payments are now made for adoption, paternity and parental leave; tax credits have come and
gone yet still remain albeit via real time information (RTI) which supports universal credits. Attachments and arrestment in Scotland have changed from simple debt recovery to encompass unpaid council tax and overpaid social security benefits. It is payroll that delivers national minimum wage and national living wage. What were my best/greatest achievements in payroll? Not surprisingly, I consider the work I have done to encourage government departments to recognise payroll software developers as a vital link that allows employers to meet the government imposed obligations from statutory payments to RTI. Do I have any regrets? Well, I have certainly done things wrong but rather
than see the mistakes regretfully, I see them as an opportunity to improve. If anything, I regret that I did not improve enough. How do I see payroll management developing in the next five to ten years? The pay as you earn system was introduced in 1944 among other reasons because there were too many taxpayers for the Revenue to cope with but that must be changing in the next five to ten years as the making tax digital project becomes a reality for the ‘straightforward’ taxpayers who form the bulk of payroll customers. The change will have significant effect on how we in payroll and pensions manage tax (and subsequently statutory payments) for those on our payrolls. ❑
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Issue 26 | December 2016/January 2017
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