Uniform Tax Relief
Payroll and Tax Relief for Uniforms Did you know that as an employee that if you wear a uniform of some sort to work that it is possible claim tax relief on it? It isn't something that goes through the payroll, of course, but we like giving little bits of help and advice from time to time. This article looks at how you qualify for uniform tax relief and, if you do, how you can claim it. How do you know if you qualify for Uniform Tax Relief? If you wear a uniform at your place of work and you...
Payroll and Auto Enrolment
Is Your Payroll Set Up for Workplace Pensions and Automatic Enrolment? If you are an SME and you are having to deal with the payroll requirements of Workplace Pensions and Automatic Enrolment, chances are you might be finding it quite time consuming if you don't have a dedicated staff member/department to do all the work. If that's you, have you thought about outsourcing your payroll? We are specialist outsourced payroll service providers, and that includes everything to do with workplace...
HMRC and Payroll
Some Good Reasons to Outsource Your Payroll Here at JLP Payroll we offer an outsourced payroll service to our clients. Most of our clients are small businesses who don't have a dedicated in-house finance or HR department that runs the payroll for them. That means the business owner was probably trying to do it him/herself on top of trying to run the business, before they outsourced it to us. This article looks at just some of what HMRC requires if you are paying employees through PAYE. There...
Automatic Enrolment and On-Going Duties
What Happens When Auto-Enrolment has Happened and the Workplace Pension has Started? So far, according to The Pensions Regulator, about 8 million people have been enrolled into a workplace pension by 600,000 companies. That's great news for them, as they are through all the preparation, set-up, declaration of compliance and implementation. However, it doesn't end there, because there are on-going duties, and this article looks at some of them. On-Going Duties As the employer, you'll need to...
Declaration of Compliance and Fines
£400 Fine for Late Filing of Declaration of Compliance Forms The whole area of Workplace Pensions has caused confusion amongst companies, especially SMEs, who often do not have the staffing levels needed to be able to comfortably manage the time required to fully comply with the legislation. At least that's the message that we are hearing from some of our payroll clients. In particular, the Declaration of Compliance is something that is causing problems and leading to fines of up to £400....
