The Payroll Blog

Lincolnshire-based payroll provider, Dataplan, have attracted the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professional’s (CIPP) Education Director to join their Board. This high-profile…

Continuing our series of profiles on some of our Dataplan Heroes we meet Carol Ellis, a Senior Manager in our Corporate Team. Carol started her payroll career in the Weekly Wages…

HMRC have publicised a top 10 list of mistakes that employers make when paying employees that can affect the National Minimum Wage rates. Most of the list is self-explanatory,…

There has been much publicity recently regarding HMRC’s National Minimum Wage enquiry at Iceland Foods Ltd. Iceland staff can participate in a voluntary savings scheme and put…

The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) Order 2018 was laid before parliament in February 2018 which outlined new legislation taking force from April…

A recent discussion with a client has raised concerns over the advice given by HMRC during HMRC compliance visits, an issue that is very pertinent at this time of year. Store…

Welcome to the vagaries and oddities of the PAYE world. In some years the date that the final weekly payday falls on will mean that 53 weekly pay days are required. The tax year…

Financial wellbeing is becoming a more important part of employee wellbeing and is something employers are increasingly having to address. Organisations are being encouraged to…

At Dataplan it’s all about the people, so we’re taking time to introduce some of our payroll heroes, starting with Chris Rutter. Chris started his career with Dataplan as a…

Since the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) for PAYE in April 2013, HMRC have allowed a large amount of leeway for late submission of weekly, fortnightly, 4 weekly and…