For decades, security chiefs of the military camps were assigned to receive salaries of their soldiers, which they in turn distributed. Activists say that due to years of nepotism, thousands of fake names were registered in the public payroll. Mustafa Nasser, the head of the Economic Media and Studies Centre, an economic think-tank based in the Yemeni capital, told Gulf News that government began applying the new measures in the military since it is awash with ghost workers and double dippers. “Some commanders of army brigades receive the salary of 3,000 soldiers while they have only hundreds on duty.” A recent official report published on the state-run Al Thawra daily on August 12 pointed out that reforming the public payroll would save $200 million (Dh734.42 million) annually. Nasser said that when the government lifted fuel subsidies last month, people feared that the savings could go to the tens of thousands of ghost workers and double dippers in the army. Anti-corruption activists say that the double-dipping is created when soldiers join a college or take a new job after ensuring that their names are put on the payroll. “For example, when a soldier graduates from the college of engineering, he gets a new job as an engineer while maintaining his first job,” Nasser said. The soldier greases his commander’s palm to keep his fist post. Jane Marriott, the UK ambassador to Yemen, hailed the government’s decision’s to apply the biometric fingerprinting system since it will contribute to stemming the growth of corruption in Yemen. “Corruption is a significant issue in Yemen: there are those who take more than one wage; there are ghost workers and double-dippers. The biometric system should remove the worst of this corruption and ensure those who do their job are paid appropriately,” she told Gulf News.
What happens if you do not report payroll information on time?
27 August 2014
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have issued new guidance for employers explaining about late/non filing penalties, inaccurate reports, specified charges and how to avoid penalties.
The new guidance explains that penalties will be introduced from 6 October 2014 for employers who report their payroll information late.
These penalties can arise if a Full Payment Summary (FPS) is late, if the employer does not send the expected number of FPSs, or if an Employer Payment Summary (EPS) is not sent when no employees are paid in a tax month.
The guidance also sets out the limited circumstances in which a penalty will not be charged.
HMRC late payment penalties
28 August 2014
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have issued new guidance clarifying the details of the late payment penalties which can be charged on PAYE amounts that are not paid in full and on time.
The guidance explains that the payments which can attract these penalties include:
monthly, quarterly or annual PAYE
student loan deductions
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions
CIPP Policy News Journal
08/04/2015, Page 273 of 521
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