Archive for July, 2014

Extra time to renew Tax Credits

Posted on July 31st, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized

The Public and Commercial Services Union has called for its members to take industrial action on 30 and 31 July and 1 August. This series of rolling strikes has been timed to create maximum disruption in the run up to today’s tax credits renewals deadline. In recognition of the disruption, HMRC have..
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Farewell PTS

Posted on July 16th, 2014 · Posted in Uncategorized

The Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS) which allowed Employers to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid to employees has been scrapped from 6th April 2014. Under PTS Employers could reclaim SSP where the SSP paid was more than 13% of the Class 1 National Insurance Contributions due for the month. The..
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