Did you know that there are grants available to help you prepare for completing customs declarations for importing and exporting goods once we leave the EU? Businesses will need to be aware of and prepared for the new processes …
Today I received an email enquiry directly from my website from someone who wanted a quote for payroll and auto enrolment. They asked me not to telephone so I assumed, as is often the case, that it was a sensitive situation. So I emailed and asked them to call me when it was convenient to them as I needed to gather more information before quoting. Their response was …
The new payroll year begins on 6 April 2020 and employers should be aware of the changes they will need to make to pay rates. …
HMRC have told us for several years now that we must file our payroll returns on or before the date the employee is paid. Most employers have a regular payment date and as a payroll bureau we ensure that we file the return on or before that payment date. But what happens if you forget to or are unable to file a return on the payment date? …
We are often asked this question by business owners taking on their first employee particularly if they are not going to be working many hours. Employers believe that because they aren't paying their employee very much they don't need to put them on the payroll but that is not necessarily the case. Or perhaps because they are just taking them on for a trial period of a week or month they think it is a waste of time adding them to the payroll. Neither of these reasons will be considered by HMRC as an acceptable excuse for not putting your employee on the payroll if it is found later that they should have been. …
