The Payroll Blog

HMRC’s Employer Compliance officers undertake many thousands of PAYE inspections in any 12 month period. Although HMRC will state that the main purpose of the review is to police…

The introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy at the beginning of the 2017/18 tax year has certainly had a big impact on the payroll landscape. The question of whether a company, or…

Find out a bit more about Alex, one of our Project Managers. How has Dataplan changed since you joined? Dataplan has evolved so much in the last 5 years! Examples are the two…

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…