HMRC have launched a “Don’t get caught out” campaign aimed at protecting workers from tax avoidance schemes. 

It was announced in the budget today that from April the employer’s National Insurance contributions will be increased from 13.8% to 15%.  It was also announced that the secondary threshold is reducing from £9100 per year to £5000.

The UK’s auto-enrolment pension scheme, introduced in 2012, has transformed the landscape of workplace pensions by making it compulsory for employers to automatically enroll eligible employees into a workplace pension. This initiative ensures that more people are saving for retirement, but it also places significant compliance responsibilities on businesses.

Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave (SNCP) is a new statutory allowance arriving in April 2025.

Understanding holiday pay in the UK can be a challenging task, both for employers and employees. While the basic premise of holiday entitlement might seem straightforward, the intricacies of how holiday pay is calculated, who is entitled to it, and what constitutes 'holiday pay' can become complex.

The announcement of a General Election on July 4 2024, brings an element of uncertainty regarding payroll as this may have significant implications for payroll operations, driven by changes in government policies, economic strategies, and legislative priorities.

The Apprenticeship Levy was announced in 2015 and introduced to payroll in April 2017.

HMRC has declared that as of April 2026, it will be obligatory to report and pay income tax and Class 1A National Insurance contributions (NIC) on benefits in kind through payroll.

Statutory Paternity Leave rules and pay change slightly for parents where the expected week of birth begins after 6th April 2024.

General Updates on the challenges of Payroll during the Pandemic.

Furlough claims are changing from August as you can no longer claim for employer’s National Insurance Contributions or pension payments, so the amount that can be claimed is reducing.

As part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1st July 2020 workers can return to work on reduced hours whilst remaining furloughed.

The P46 forms were used when an employee arrived without a P45, this was amended to a ‘shorter’ P46 and now is no longer used at all. 

This arrives in April 2015 and the intention is to enable families more choice with how they look after their children in the first year.