Author: Alex Scott-Ruddock

  • No Excuse!

    • February 7, 2017
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Tax
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    Having been on the CIPP website this morning and read what was a rather interesting top 10 (reasons why employers felt they didn’t need to pay the National Minimum Wage) we thought we should compile and share a few of our favourite top 10’s.

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  • Merry Payroll

    • December 16, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Payroll
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    With Christmas having very stealthily snuck up on us, I thought it would be a good time to reflect upon the year in the payroll industry whilst also looking at what we can look forward to in the New Year.

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  • 2016 Autumn Statement — Analysis

    • December 5, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Updates
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    The 2016 Autumn Statement is potentially the most important announcement we have received from the Government and HM Treasury in decades.

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  • Running a Payroll: How Times Have Changed

    • November 7, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Payroll
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    Since I started working in payroll many years ago, Real Time Information (RTI) and auto enrolment were nowhere to be seen. The tax code was 647L, SMP (Statutory Maternity Pay) was paid at £123.06 per week with SSP (Statutory Sick Pay) paid at £79.15.

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  • National Minimum Wage Updates

    • October 17, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Updates
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    As of 1st October 2016 the new National Minimum Wage rates came into effect for everyone under the age of 25. For anyone aged 25 and over there is no increase in their £7.20 minimum wage as this was increased in April 2016 in the new National Living Wage.

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  • Auto Enrolment — Where are we at?

    • October 17, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: News, Pensions
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    Now that we are into October 2016, Auto Enrolment is fully up and running for the vast majority of large companies (over 212,000 companies have already staged according to The Pensions Regulator website).

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  • Budget 2016: New Sugar Tax

    • March 18, 2016
    • Posted by: Best4business Team
    • Categories: Budget 2016, News
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    A new sugar tax on the soft drinks industry to be introduced in two years’ time, raising £520m a year to be spent on doubling funding for primary school sport in England.

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