Direct Recovery of Debts consultation outcome
24 November 2014
The Government have published the outcome of the recent consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD), which would enable HMRC to recover cash directly from bank accounts.
The response says that the objective is to recover cash directly from the bank accounts, building society accounts and ISA accounts of a small number of debtors who owe £1,000 or more. This is expected to bring in around £100 million a year.
The Government seek to reassure the stakeholders who have expressed concerns by further strengthening the safeguards which will apply to the limited use of DRD. These include:
Guaranteed face-to-face visits to debtors from an HMRC officer a new, specialist unit to deal with cases involving vulnerable members of society ensuring judicial oversight, with a right of appeal to the County Court giving debtors 30 days to contact HMRC and arrange payment of the debt or object to the use of DRD before any money is taken and further new safeguards relating to transparency, governance and a phased implementation of the DRD powers.
The Government intend to legislate in a Finance Bill in 2015, during the next Parliament. Draft legislation will be published and consulted on due course.
Employment and Payroll Group to be jointly chaired by HMRC and CIPP
27 November 2014
HMRC has confirmed the establishment of the new Employment and Payroll Group (EPG), which will subsume the existing Employment Consultation Forum (ECF) and two other groups. It will be jointly chaired by HMRC and the CIPP.
The announcement explains that the new forum:
will be made up of employer and payroll representative bodies, software developers, employers (small and large) and payroll bureaux; and will be the primary route through which HMRC, and other government departments, engage with the employment and payroll community about big PAYE operational issues.
P45 review completed
3 December 2014
The review of the P45 mentioned on page 2 of the October Employer Bulletin has been completed.
The layout of the form will remain unchanged until at least April 2016 while HMRC considers how the P45 process can be improved. A consultation process on the future of the P45 is to be carried out.
HMRC say that some minor changes will appear within the guidance notes on updated versions of HMRC's pre-printed P45 stationery that is available from February 2015.
CIPP Policy News Journal
08/04/2015, Page 204 of 521
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