Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Editor’s comment
Well, I (and obviously many others) didn’t foresee the general election result. Would anyone bet against another general election this year or in early 2018? The Labour party’s election manifesto commitment on new and existing student loans
passage into law? Some of those affecting income tax and payroll processing were to have effect from 6 April 2017. Will there be an emergency Budget before the autumn? A degree of uncertainty can also arise in context of payroll data and benchmarking, which happens to be the feature topic this issue (see pages 47–48). Benchmarking provides a measure of success, so it’s worthy of investigation and application. I’m pleased that one of the feature topic articles is by freelance author Kavitha Sivasubramaniam who used to be editor of Pay&Benefits magazine.
may have influenced the voting of youngsters and even their parents. I wonder whether this policy might be adopted in due course by the Conservative party, too. If so, this would surely mean in this new age of revived two-party politics that at some not-too- distant date payroll deductions for student loan repayments cease. The election and result have brought uncertainty across several issues. What happens now to key clauses of the original enormous 2017 Finance Bill that were jettisoned to ensure the Bill’s rapid
Mike Nicholas MCIPP AMBCS Editor
Chair’s message
I’m now into week four of my six-week trip to the USA and Canada; just two days left in Kansas, home to the BBQ and the tornado (thankfully I haven’t experienced a tornado but may have seen a BBQ or two…) and then I’m off to the Canadian Payroll Conference in Niagara before heading home. I’ve spent a bit of time looking at US payroll legislation since arriving here, and although we know our UK payroll rules are complex, imagine running a payroll for a company with employees in fifty states, each one with their own payroll rules? For those companies that have employees who work in a variety of states (such as the local Kansas City Royals (baseball) and other sporting teams), calculations are required to be performed on a daily basis for every state in which the individual works (or plays). Whichever country we run payroll for, we know that it’s critical in order to keep our payrolls compliant that we have to keep learning. CIPP events such as the National Forums and the Annual I know you haven’t had your summer holidays yet, but detailing planning and organising continues within the CIPP offices for a busy and productive summer and autumn. Bookings for our premier annual event the Annual Conference and Exhibition at Celtic Manor on the 4 and 5 October 2017 are still open. To ensure the CIPP continues to provide for your education and professional development we have an outstanding programme full of influential industry speakers including keynote speaker Sir Brendan Barber, Chair, ACAS. The series of plenary sessions and workshops cover topical subjects such as devolution and Brexit (highly relevant), global terrorism (sadly) and its impact on our working environment, gender pay gap reporting (how are you doing?), money laundering regulations – the risk to payroll, employment law update and the always very popular HMRC and CEO’s message
Conference and Exhibition provide the perfect opportunity to do that. In the US, the rules for retaining CPP accreditation (Certified Payroll Professional) are a bit like our CPD (continuing professional development), where continuous learning is critical to maintain our professional standing in the industry. In this edition of the magazine (see page 9) you’ll notice it’s time for the annual benchmarking survey. If you would like to be involved, register your interest by email to info@cipp.org.uk . If you’re passionate about our industry and want to go that step further in leading how the CIPP moves forward in the coming years, we are still seeking nominations for new members to join our Board. If you’re interested, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly at eira. hammond@cipp.org.uk and I’ll be pleased to discuss it with you.
Eira Hammond FCIPPdip Chair, CIPP
CIPP legislation updates. As well as enhancing your skills and updating your knowledge, the conference will ensure that your employer benefits from your attendance through the enhanced quality and delivery of your payroll, pensions or reward solution – see www.cipp.org.uk for full details. We are still taking nominations for our 14th Annual Excellence Awards that are being held on 5 October so make sure you submit you or your company for an award before the deadline of 11 August. We’re pleased to confirm our speaker for the evening will be Sir Trevor McDonald.
Ken Pullar FCIPP Chief executive officer, CIPP
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Issue 32 | July/August 2017
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