Policy News Journal - 2014-15

CIPP Policy News Journal 08/04/2015, Page 19 of 521 Statutory Sick Pay page updated to include SSP rates for 2015 tax year ....................... 482 When did you last get asked about Maternity Allowance?............................................... 482 Fit for Work goes live ...................................................................................................... 482 SMP Calculator still not calculating for 2015/16 rates ..................................................... 483 GPs make their first referrals to Fit for Work ................................................................... 483 Student Loans.................................................................................................. 484 Student loan repayment threshold for tax year 2014/15.................................................. 484 Student Loans – changes to incorporate into payroll software ........................................ 484 Student Loan Consultation minutes ................................................................................ 485 Student loan repayment threshold for tax year 2015-16.................................................. 486 Concurrent student loan repayments .............................................................................. 486 Postgraduate Study Student Loans Consultation published............................................ 487 Tax Agents and Advisers................................................................................ 487 HMRC Agent Update 40 ................................................................................................. 487 HMRC update Tax Agent Strategy guidance .................................................................. 488 Toolkits to help reduce errors: agent survey results ........................................................ 488 HMRC Agent Update 41 ................................................................................................. 489 Debt Management & Banking - Agent Dedicated Helpline .............................................. 490 Next stage in HMRC digital services ............................................................................... 490 HMRC Agents Strategy .................................................................................................. 492 Joint Initiative on Service Delivery brings improvements to HMRC services ................... 494 HMRC working together with tax agents produces 64-8 results ...................................... 494 New HMRC webinars for tax agents and advisers .......................................................... 495 Latest HMRC news about Online Self Serve................................................................... 495 Agents and HMRC working together............................................................................... 495 HMRC Agent Update 42 ................................................................................................. 496 Update on Agent Online Self Serve ................................................................................ 496 HMRC agent toolkits updated ......................................................................................... 496 HMRC Agent Update 43 ................................................................................................. 496 HMRC Digital Support for Agents ................................................................................... 496 Agent Online Self Serve (AOSS) and the Agents Strategy.............................................. 499 DWP policy on providing customer information to agents ............................................... 500 CIPP Survey for Agents preparing for AOSS .................................................................. 500 HMRC Agent Update 44 ................................................................................................. 500 Agent Online Self Serve ................................................................................................. 501 HMRC Agent Update 45 ................................................................................................. 502 HMRC survey digital needs and attitudes of agents........................................................ 502 HMRC Digital Services for Agents .................................................................................. 502 More agent volunteers are needed to test Agent Online Self Service (AOSS) ................ 504 Regional workshops for agents to digitally engage with HMRC ...................................... 504 Tax agents guidance on GOV.UK................................................................................... 505 Digital webinar dates available for Working Together Workshops................................... 506 HMRC Agent Update 46 ................................................................................................. 506 What is your agent’s attitude towards digital? ................................................................. 507 HMRC Agent Engagement Survey ................................................................................. 507 Online SA documentation to support loan and mortgage applications ............................ 508 Tax Avoidance & Evasion ............................................................................... 509 No safe havens in HMRC’s offshore evasion strategy .................................................... 509 Tax avoidance scheme could double brewer’s bill .......................................................... 510 New sentencing guidelines bring increased focus to the impact of fraud on victims ........ 510 51 countries agree to automatic exchange of tax information ......................................... 511 Tax avoidance scheme users making upfront payments................................................. 511 Strengthening Sanctions for Tax Avoidance ................................................................... 512 Promoters of tax avoidance schemes ............................................................................. 512 HMRC naming and shaming deliberate tax defaulters .................................................... 513 Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection.............................. 513 Tackling tax avoidance and evasion ............................................................................... 513 Welfare Reforms .............................................................................................. 514 Universal Credit update .................................................................................................. 514

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