AUTO ENROLMENT – questions from our clients, answered: QUESTION: “We use casual workers only and usually pay them cash – are we exempt as employers for Auto-Enrolment?” ANSWER: No you are not automatically exempt. Without a PAYE reference, the staging date for casual staff will be 1 April 2017. However, If you have no casual… Read more »
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The Pension’s Regulator launches new guide on auto-enrolment for small businesses
The Pension’s Regulator has launced a new step by step website guide designed to assist small employers with their auto-enrolment duties, which can be found within their “Employers” section. The new services comes as the industry gets ready for the next wave of approximately 1.8 million employers who will be hitting their staging dates next… Read more »
Future Auto-Enrolment Failures
Running a business is a serious undertaking with demands on both time and money, so there will be a degree of empathy for the small and micro businesses that are about to hit their staging dates. The cost burden firms are already facing is only going to grow, with Now: Pensions, who recently announced it would be… Read more »
Get Tax Back for R & D
How much are you missing out on? All the effort you put into researching what you do and how to do it better, all the development you’ve done to get you this far… may qualify for valuable Tax Credits. Are you missing out? How much further can you take your business when you can afford… Read more »
You & Auto Enrolment
There is no choice, no way round it and HMRC will not be lenient; Automatic Enrolment is a Government initiative that all employers must comply with. Whether you employ one gardener or a workforce of hundreds, Auto Enrolment is designed to help more people save for later life, through a pension scheme at work. This… Read more »
Tailored Services to bridge the gap for Auto Enrolment
The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) recently reported that in 2016 alone, half a million employers are going to need to auto enrol their staff. Although some may choose to deliver auto enrolment on their own, we know the majority are likely to look for help. With many employers turning to their accountants to help with… Read more »
5 Myths around auto-enrolment
Experts from the government-backed pension provider (NEST) clear up the most common confusions that mystify many employers. Myth 1 – I need to become an expert in Pensions to provide auto-enrolment to my employees Understanding auto-enrolment doesn’t necessarily require an in-depth knowledge of pensions. One option is to outsource all or part of the process to… Read more »
Call to action from the Pension’s Regulator
The Pensions Regulator has issued a warning to hundreds of thousands of small – micro employers to check when they must meet new workplace pension duties. This warning follows new research that shows almost two thirds of small and micro employers still do not know when their staging date for auto enrolment is and when… Read more »
Can you spare three months for HMRC?
How much of a tax investigation could you take? With the ensuing costs, intrusion, time and stress involved, there is no underestimating the impact this can have; which makes this week’s news very unwelcome. It’s just come to light through a Freedom of Information request, that HMRC is taking 20% longer with tax investigations. According to tax… Read more »
Micro businesses struggle with auto-enrolment
It has been reported that micro-businesses are struggling to prepare for auto-enrolment as staging dates loom over the next coming year. The costs for auto-enrolment are estimated at £8,000 per small business, yet 40% of vulnerable small businesses believe it will cost nothing to set up whilst 11% think it will cost around £5,000. On… Read more »