NEWSLETTER 76

Headlines from our latest newsletter.  Please click on any of the links below for more information :

HMRC WINS THE MILEAGE ARGUMENT AT TRIBUNAL 

Many trades & professionals will have been awaiting the outcome of a tax case relating to the main place of a business and what mileage or other travel costs is thereby determined as private or business or indeed mixed purposes. - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#HMRC

RTI AND MICRO EMPLOYERS

HMRC have announced that, although the vast majority of employers are finding PAYE reporting in real time straightforward, a small proportion of micro employers and their agents still need more time to adapt - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#RTI

DWP ISSUE GUIDANCE ON NEW CLASS 3A NIC

The Government wants to offer help to existing pensioners and people who reach State Pension age before 6 April 2016 - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#DWP

PERSONAL DEVICE AT WORK POLICY

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is advising that organisations should have a clear personal device at work policy - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#Personal

PAYE CODING NOTICES 

Over the next few months HMRC will be sending out new PAYE tax codes for the 2014/15 tax year - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#PAYE

HELP TO BUY MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPLETIONS

The Government has announced that ‘nearly 750’ homes have been bought and 6,000 offers made since the mortgage guarantee scheme started - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#Help

ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced that, under new proposals, employers could be banned from imposing ‘exclusivity’ on zero hours contracts which offer no guarantee of work and stop employees from working for another employer - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#Zero

EXCUSES EXCUSES

HMRC have released the ‘Top 10 oddest excuses’ for sending in a late self assessment return - See more at: http://www.walkerthompson.co.uk/newsletters/Newsetter-76#Excuses