Written on 28 Feb 2011 by Richard Rowell

What if you have no returns to make this year? If you are registered with HMRC for PAYE purposes they will expect you to make a return. If you had employees in previous tax years…

Written on 02 Dec 2010 by Paul Chappell

Something to watch out for if you are paying HMRC electronically. HMRC do not use 'faster payment' which means that an electronic payment to HMRC takes 3 or 4 days to clear, and…

Written on 18 Jul 2010 by Alison Clynes

From April 6th 2010 stricter regulations apply regarding payments from businesses to HM Revenue and Customs, with financial penalties for lateness. This applies to all employers…

Written on 29 Apr 2010 by Stewart Waddell

We've been inundated this year already with overpayment notices from HMRC. This year they seem to have been issuing notices very early. The main cause seems to be that they have…

Written on 14 Jan 2010 by Stewart Waddell

Today has seen another round of scam emails from fraudsters purporting to be HMRC. If you receive an email like that feature below please delete it. HMRC are extremely security…

Written on 09 Jan 2010 by Paul Chappell

In the absence of a payslip are you frantically looking for information to ascertain which accounts office to send your payments to? Is it Shipley or is it Cumbernauld? Paying Tax…

Written on 27 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

HMRC have just updated and relaunched their extremely useful A to Z of Benefits on their website. This set of guidelines provides advice on the taxation and NI treatment of a wide…

Written on 05 Oct 2009 by Stewart Waddell

We have been helping HMRC develop their PDV over the last few months and today sees it go live. HMRC's Data Provisioning Service (DPS) is the means by which HMRC sends PAYE…

Written on 01 Aug 2009 by Richard Rowell

PAYE desktop viewer is finally here. Or rather the testing phase is here. As a member of the Working Together initiative with HMRC we have been invited into the testing phase for…

Written on 18 Jul 2009 by Richard Rowell

As you probably noticed from Stewart's blog yesterday it seems like HMRC have changed something in their software, probably something minor, but it potentially has a big impact on…