Transferable Allowances for married couples and civil partners In the 2013 Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced that from the tax year beginning 6 April 2015 where neither spouse is liable to income tax above the basic rate, individuals will be able to transfer part of their tax free personal allowances to their spouse or civil […]

If so, you may need to know about Statutory Sick Pay, PAYE, expenses, or taking on your first employee. You can learn all about these things, and ask questions in HMRC's extremely popular live webinars. If you employ nine or fewer people, Using Basic PAYE Tools will be of particular interest, but you might benefit […]

When you pay HMRC do you use a payslip and make your payment at a bank or Post Office counter? If so it is very important that you only use the official payslip issued by HMRC. Official HMRC payslips are those from the P30BC Payment Booklet, the bottom section of other HMRC forms, and some […]

The Government is reforming the statutory pay and leave entitlements available to employed parents. For babies due or adopted children matched or placed on or after 5 April 2015 a new entitlement of Shared Parental Pay and Leave (ShPP/SPL) will replace Additional Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave (ASPP/APL). The parents of babies due or adopted […]

If you’re in the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) you can be a contractor, a subcontractor or both. Do you know what you are?  Find out this and more in HMRC's YouTube videos. Learn about being a subcontractor in CIS by watching our two short videos: Construction Industry Scheme for Sub-Contractors - Pt 1   Construction Industry […]