A gentle reminder that all businesses should now be aware of, if not fully compliant, with Auto Enrolment legislation. If you are an established business with existing staff, you should have passed your staging date, have selected your scheme and be making contributions – with your employees making payments up to the current minimum contribution […]
The start of April marked increases for the compulsory payments applicable to employees with the national minimum wage, the national living wage and the minimum contributions for auto enrolment all changing. But there was a curveball to be aware of… Auto Enrolment Minimum Contributions Increased on 6th April With the final staging date for auto […]
With over 200,000 small organisations using HMRC Basic PAYE Tools (BPT), it has become one of the most recognised payroll systems for many employers across the UK. But recent legislation over pension Auto Enrolment (AE) is likely to challenge the traditional system. Prior to now, BPT users have not had access to software functionality that […]
As of 2nd June BHS is being wound down as none of the offers to takeover were deemed acceptable by the administrators. The past owners of BHS have been under severe scrutiny since entering administration, especially regarding the huge pension deficit that has been uncovered. Sir Phillip Green reportedly offloaded BHS for just £1 leaving […]
The auto-enrolment staging date is set to come into effect in the following months and we would like to take the time to remind you that you should be fully aware of when your staging date is as well as the effect this will have on your business. Ensuring that the auto-enrolment procedure is adhered […]
As you are probably aware, the auto-enrolment staging date for many local businesses is set to come into effect within the next 12 months. Within our client base 60 businesses will stage in this period, we already provide the payroll solution for the vast majority of these businesses and others are considering their position. It […]
In spring this year we conducted a survey with clients of Evans Weir to find out what they understand about the auto-enrolment scheme. Firstly, thank you to all those who participated in the survey – your input was much appreciated. As you are probably aware the auto-enrolment pension scheme has come into effect for larger […]
Auto Enrolment Survey As Auto Enrolment starts to become an issue for many of our clients over the next 18 months, we are keen to hear from businesses how they view the legislation, their attitudes towards it and current state of readiness. We would be grateful if you would spend a couple of minutes completing […]
Tax and Accounts News Round up We are delighted to provide our regular round up of tax and accounts news for you to download here: Evans Weir Tax and Accounts News Round Up Summer 2015 In this edition we look at: The Budget Forecast – Chancellor Osborne returns for his second budget of 2015 (first […]
Auto Enrolment – obligation again! We are aware that The Pensions Regulator has recently started contacting smaller companies notifying them of their staging date and asking them to nominate a contact for future communications regarding Auto Enrolment. A sample letter is shown here >> Auto Enrolment obligation is a legal policy and failure to respond […]
What Can We Look Forward To in 2015? It has taken me a few weeks to sit down and pen my thoughts for the 2015 changes as like many of you have voiced in recent days, I too started the New Year with that feeling of ‘here we go again’. For those in the accountancy […]
We want you to remain relaxed so are proposing to offer auto enrolment question time in the next month or two. We will dedicate our monthly eshot to a ‘Q and A’ on the subject so if you have a specific question please email Kathy or Tony in the first instance and we will collate […]