• Christmas Chestnuts Part 3 - Gifts to other companies employees

    Written on 19 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

    At this time of year many companies will often (prior to the recession at least) hand out gifts to people they do business with, possibly as a thank you or mark of appreciation.…

  • Changes to tax on Tips and Troncs

    Written on 16 Oct 2009 by Paul Chappell

    A Tronc is a system for pooling tips, the person who manages the Tronc is known as the Troncmaster! For PAYE purposes the Tronc will have a separate scheme reference from the…

  • Christmas Chestnuts Part 2 - Parties and tax

    Written on 16 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

    Christmas time is when we often get asked about whether a party is taxable or not. The figure that you are allowed for parties each year is £150 per employee. The £150 is based on…

  • Christmas Chestnuts Part 1 - Christmas Gifts

    Written on 14 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

    Not wishing to be scrooge at Christmas I thought I'd write a blog on one of the most common questions we face at this time of year. It usually goes something like this "I don't…

  • Dick Turpin wore a mask

    Written on 13 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

    Yet again we have been amazed this week by a tail of woe from a client facing a £500 fee from their previous payroll provider for producing a csv file. This is another instance of…

  • Desktop Viewer (PDV) now available

    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…

  • BACS rate us as excellent

    Written on 04 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

    Well not exactly but at a recent BACS inspection we scored top mark grades. We were ranked as excellent in each of the five areas assessed. To be allowed to operate BACS…

  • Anyone for Turkey?

    Written on 01 Oct 2009 by Stewart Waddell

    Before you know it, It won't be long before we are all thinking of Christmas and the impact this can have on arranging pay dates early for your employees. At Dataplan Payroll it…

  • Are you paying too much tax?

    Written on 28 Sep 2009 by Paul Chappell

    Many people are paying too much tax based on incorrect tax codes produced by HMRC. The majority of taxpayers in this country pay their tax via the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. …

  • ePaysafe changes launch in October

    Written on 24 Sep 2009 by Richard Rowell

    I'm delighted to announce that we have a number of upgrades coming to ePaysafe in October. After winning the Institute of Payroll Professionals award for Payroll Innovation in…