Written on 25 Jan 2018 by Jack SImpson

Pensions is an area around which the rules and regulations appear to be constantly evolving. Undoubtedly, both primary and secondary legislation introduced by successive…

Written on 05 Jan 2018 by Paul Chappell

Employees who are provided with a company car for private use will see an increase in the amount of tax they pay, from 6 April 2018. HMRC have announced that the diesel supplement…

Written on 05 Jan 2018 by Stewart Waddell

A year after flying the nest, Alice has returned to Dataplan with new skills and a wider knowledge of the processes of payroll. Alice began her Dataplan life in 2014 as a…

Written on 20 Dec 2017 by Jack SImpson

Pensions and the rules surrounding them have changed extensively in recent years. The introduction of auto-enrolment – and an array of changes to the taxation of personal pensions…

Written on 18 Dec 2017 by Paul Chappell

The Scotland Act 2012 gave the Scottish Parliament the power to set the Scottish rate of income tax (National Insurance rates continue to be uniform across the United Kingdom).…

Written on 04 Dec 2017 by Jack SImpson

Two weeks have now passed since Philip Hammond unveiled to Parliament the details of his 2017 Budget. It’s fair to say that it wasn’t regarded as the most exciting Budget of…

Written on 01 Dec 2017 by Stewart Waddell

Regular readers (I assume there is more than 1 of you out there) will recall that last December I gave you the story of Mr Claus and his merry band of hard workers and the tax…

Written on 30 Oct 2017 by Stewart Waddell

At Dataplan, we have intentionally built our services and solutions to offer an innovative alternative to other providers such as NGA, Moorepay, SD Worx, MHR, ADP and a myriad of…

Written on 13 Oct 2017 by Jack SImpson

There can be little dispute that the 2017 General Election was a political event of vast significance. Indeed, a key reason cited for the Conservatives’ loss of their…

Written on 10 Oct 2017 by Stewart Waddell

Did you know that Dataplan Payroll starts planning as far back as August to ensure that payments will be met for the December period. We review all customers’ payment dates – and…