by Grace Welsh | Jun 30, 2023 | Payroll
Salary sacrifice is something you may have come across before but not fully understood. After all, why would anyone want to voluntarily give up some of their salary? The reality is that, in some instances, using salary sacrifice to get alternative benefits can reduce...
by Grace Welsh | Jun 26, 2023 | Self-Assessment, Tax
Anyone with an incomplete National Insurance contributions (NICs) record between April 2006 and April 2016 now has until July 31 to add to their NICs to qualify for a full State Pension after HMRC extended the deadline. Thousands of taxpayers have incomplete years in...
by Grace Welsh | Jun 22, 2023 | Business
The pandemic brought a lot of changes to our businesses, some good and some bad. One that has continued to be a topic of conversation is the desire for more people to be able to work some, or all, of the time from home. If your business requires people to be onsite –...
by Grace Welsh | Jun 12, 2023 | Business, Tax
The cost-of-living crisis is taking its toll across all areas of our lives now. While inflation has fallen very slightly this month to 8.7%, food prices remain stubbornly high, and the Bank of England (BoE) is expected to continue with its base rate rises until later...
by Grace Welsh | Jun 6, 2023 | Payroll, Self-Assessment, Tax
Every employee working for a company has a Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) code which denotes how much tax you will pay in a year. If this code is incorrect, it could mean you are paying more or less tax than you should be, and may need to reclaim that money, or pay more....