Updated Rates Under the Pensions Act 2008, the minimum amounts paid into automatic enrolment pension schemes are increasing for employers and their staff. The increases occur in two phases – the first increase needs to b...
Today’s Guest Post is by Lathem Elwin of Holmes Accountancy Limited. I subscribe to the Holmes Accountancy Friday Tax Tip, and after their tip about the new dividend tax last week I asked if they’d be willing to write a guest post for me with more detail, and that is what Lathern has done.

It’s getting to that time of year again, where we reach the end of another tax year and the start of another. HMRC have just issued their advice document P9X_2016 informing us of the tax codes to use next year. Pe...
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) increased on 1st October 2015. The rate per hour you get depends on your age and if you are an apprentice, and you must be at least school leaving age to get it too. The rates have increa...
Sage 50 have released a mandatory update to the Payroll V21 software, to take you to version number 21.03.410. The software will not run unless you install the update, however if you do not have administrator privileges ...
I don’t know if it is just me, but since it’s redesign I am finding information pages on the HMRC website much harder to find these days. One particular example was knowing how to change the tax codes for th...
If you use the HMRC basic PAYE tools then please be aware that there is now an update available from the GOV.UK website. This new version includes updates to the automatic update facility, and needs to be downloaded and ...
The new Sage 50 Payroll has two levels of updates, some come as part of the basic program, and others are separate modules which you only need to subscribe to if you need those features. To find out about the Tiered Pen...
Sage have just released their latest version of Sage Payroll. We are just downloading the software now, but to whet your appetite take a look at a couple of the new exciting features that have been developed. Automated ...
If you run a small company of less than 50 employees then you should have recently received a notice from the HMRC about in-year filing penalties.