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OpinionFaye Jarvis: An historic day for pensions in the 2014 Budget
The biggest change is the ability for individuals to fully withdraw their DC pension pot from age 55, subject to their marginal income tax rate. Previously, if an individual wanted to do this both they, and their pension scheme, would have been subject to adverse tax charges.Whether members can take ...
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ArticleBP and Tui criticised over executive pay
BHP Billiton, BP, Morrisons, Sage Group and Tui have been held up as examples of employers that are not fully complying with regulations governing the reporting of executive pay.The High Pay Centre and partner organisations, including Pensions and Investment Research Consultants, Trade Union Share Owners, ShareAction and the Friends Provident ...
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ArticleExpat share scheme tax changes to be postponed
The government has proposed that share scheme tax and national insurance contribution (NIC) changes for expatriate employees should take effect from April 2015, rather than September 2014 as previously proposed.In its Overview of tax legislation and rates, which was published alongside the Budget 2014 on 19 March, the government confirmed ...
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Supplier articleHow the Budget 2014 will impact employers
Find out how key announcements in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2014 will affect benefits:More flexibility to be allowed when taking DC pension savingsGovernment to guarantee free financial guidance for DC pension membersCompulsory pensions annuitisation scrappedEmployer-supported childcare vouchers to goGovernment to consult on four tax simplificationsPersonal allowance increase could impact auto-enrolment ...
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ArticleMore flexibility to be allowed when taking DC pension savings
In the Budget 2014, Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) announced greater flexibility in the way employees retiring with defined contribution (DC) pensions can take their savings.In the future DC members will be able to take their pension wealth as a lump sum, drawdown, or an annuity.From 27 March the maximum lump ...
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ArticleGovernment to consult on four tax simplifications
The government is to consult on four tax simplifications in response to the Office for Tax Simplification’s (OTS) review of employee benefits and expenses, according to Chancellor George Osborne’s 2014 Budget.These include abolishing the £8,500 threshold, the voluntary payrolling of benefits, a trivial benefits exemption and a general exemption for ...
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ArticleFlexibility on pension pots could hurt low earners
The government will increase the tax-free amount that can be taken out of small individual pension pots as a cash lump sum to £10,000, up from £2,000. This is regardless of overall total pension wealth of an individual, and cash can be accessed from age 60.Chancellor George Osborne announced in ...
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Tax and legislative changes announced in January and February
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) changed its policy on the recovery of VAT on defined benefit pensions. There are now circumstances in which employers may be able to claim input tax in relation to pension funds: http://bit.ly/1gzU60qHMRC also announced that it will stagger the introduction of real-time information (RTI) penalties. ...
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ArticleMinimum wage to increase by 3% from October
The national minimum wage will rise to £6.50 an hour for adults aged 21 and over from October.This represents a 3% increase as recommended by the Low Pay Commission.According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) around two-thirds (64%) of respondents thought policymakers should try ...
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ArticleBanks restructure bonuses to meet FCA guidance
All major retail banks have either replaced or made substantial changes to their financial incentive schemes, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).The City watchdog’s latest review of financial incentive schemes found significant improvements at many UK banks, but adds that further work is needed.For example, the FCA has identified ...
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ArticleHMRC loses NI contributions case
The Supreme Court has ruled against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a national insurance (NI) test case, rejecting the argument that a single employer pension contribution to a funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme (FURBS) should have been subject to NI contributions liability.The case, HMRC v Forde and McHugh, is ...
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ArticleGovernment names five employers which failed to pay minimum wage
The government has named and shamed five employers for failing to pay the correct national minimum wage.It is is introducing a series of measures to crack down on employers that fail to pay the national minimum wage. The first of these, a tougher naming and shaming scheme, came into effect ...
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ArticleEmployers to increase share plan savings limits
EXCLUSIVE: More than half (54%) of employer respondents that provide sharesave schemes intend to increase the monthly savings limits when new legislation comes into force from 6 April, according to research by Equiniti.Its research, which surveyed 40 employers that provide a sharesave plan and 26 that provide a share incentive ...
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ArticleLow Pay Commission recommends 3% minimum wage increase
The Low Pay Commission has recommended that the adult minimum wage should be increased by 3% on 1 October 2014, from £6.31 to £6.50.The Executive summary of the Low Pay Commission 2014 report stated that this could increase the number of jobs covered by the minimum wage by more than ...
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ArticleHMRC to change share plan administration process
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to change the way both new and existing employee share schemes are administered.In its Finance Bill 2014 new guidance notes, published on 7 February, HMRC detailed its new self-certification and online filing process, which follows recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification in ...
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New Tupe regulations come into force
Changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Tupe) regulations come into effect on 31 January.The new rules mean:Changing employees’ terms and conditions of employment after a Tupe transfer will be easier, albeit in limited situationsChanges to terms and conditions of employment derived from collective agreements will be possible, ...
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OTS publishes recommendations on benefits tax
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has put forward recommendations on simplifying and streamlining the system for reporting and taxing employee benefits and expenses.The report, which builds on an interim report published last year that set out a series of nine quick wins, includes 20 proposals to simplify the process ...
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Opinion
Shawn Healy: What quick win tax changes mean for employers
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has identified quick wins to simplify the administration of employee benefits and expenses, nine of which went live in January.HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to allow reimbursements by employees of fuel used for private motoring or in a company car made after the ...
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Get up to date on tax compliance at Employee Benefits Connect
To help attendees stay on the right side of the tax man, Lesley Fidler, associate director at Baker Tilly, will give an update on the latest tax issues around salary sacrifice arrangements.She will:recap why salary sacrifice provides tax and/or national insurance contribution (NIC) savingsexplain what is expected to happen to ...
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AnalysisEmployers’ legal requirements for workplace management
Welfare provisionsToilets.Hand basins with soap and towels or a hand-drier.Drinking water.A place to store clothing and somewhere for employees to change/lockers.Somewhere for employees to rest/eat food, which could be their desk.Health provisionsA supply of fresh, clean air from outside, either from open windows or via a mechanical ventilation system, such ...