The hourly national living wage rate for over-25s will increase from £8.21 to £8.72 for 2020/21. The Low Pay Commission has published recommendations for the new rates, which kick in from 1 April 2020. The increase to the national living wage in 2020/21 will have a...
Employers that are planning to pay workers earlier than usual over Christmas can benefit from a temporary relaxation of real-time reporting of payroll. The usual rule requires employers to report their payroll information through real-time information (RTI) to HMRC on...
Individuals set to benefit from an increase to the higher-rate threshold in 2019 will only see half of the tax reduction expected, as a result of a measure not mentioned in the Budget speech. In Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced that the higher-rate income tax...
The Treasury is adding the finishing touches to revamped tax rules which in their current form are seen as enabling the self-employed to pay less in national insurance contributions, according to the BBC. Self-employed people who set up private companies to take on...
Half of businesses plan to give staff pay rises of more than 2% in the next year, according to joint research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Indeed. In a survey of 1,020 businesses, 50% of businesses said they planned to increase staff pay in line with...
