Archive for 2016

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Every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme, and contribute towards it. The ‘Staging Date’ is the date the law comes into effect for you. The Pension Regulator will send you a letter telling you when this is, but you can also check it here You are only exempt if you are a director of a business with no other staff, or your business has a number of directors, none of whom has an employment contract; but you must still complete a Declaration of Compliance within 5 months of your staging date to prevent being…

From 6th April 2016 Limited Companies will not be eligible to claim the Employment Allowance if they only have one employee who is a Director, or if the only employee earning above the ST (Secondary Threshold for Class 1 Ni) is a Director. If the company has employees above the ST at the beginning of the year, but a sole Director becomes the only person above the ST part-way through the year, the Company is still eligible for the Employment Allowance for the whole year. If the Company circumstances change part-way through the year, so more than one employee or…

Published 6 times a year, giving the latest information on topics and issues that may affect your payroll.  If you process your own payroll subscribe at www.hmrc.gov.uk/ payerti/forms-updates/employer-bulletin/index.htm Obviously if we process your payroll you don’t need to worry about reading these bulletins, as we receive them, read them and action them automatically.

Income Tax Rates; 20% Basic Rate: £0 – £32,000 40% Higher Rate: £32,001 – £150,000 45% Additional Rate: £150,000+ Income Tax Allowances Personal Allowance £11,000, Income Limit for Personal Allowance £100,000, Income Limit for Married couples Allowance £27,700, Marriage Allowance £1,100Max Married couples Allowance £8,355, Minimum Married Couples Allowance £3,220, Blind Persons Allowance £2,290, dividend Allowance £5,000, Personal Savings Allowance for basic raters £1,000 and higher raters £500 National Insurance Rates Class 1: Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) £112, Primary Earnings Threshold (PET) £155, Secondary Earnings Threshold (SET) £156, Upper Secondary Threshold (apprenctices under 25) (AUST) £827, Upper Earnings Limit (UEL)…