Bereavement at work guidance launched
New guidance has been published to help employers support employees following bereavement. Workplace expert Acas, which published the guide on 17 September, …
Accounting rules shake-up planned for 11,000 businesses
An estimated 11,000 UK medium-sized businesses could benefit to the tune of £8 million a year as a result of planned changes to accounting rules. The …
Employers urged to act now on auto-enrolment
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses have been urged to check when they need to meet their new workplace pensions duties. The call from the Pensions …
Digital businesses urged to sign up for new VAT service
Thousands of UK businesses supplying digital services across the European Union (EU) will be able to register for a new online VAT service from 20 October. …
RTI penalties delayed for smaller firms
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that the introduction of automatic penalties for late real time information (RTI) submissions will be put …
Millions of taxpayers will receive a new personal tax summary from October 2014. The tax summary will show 24 million people how their personal income …

Government steps up action on offshore tax evaders
People could face criminal prosecution if they fail to declare and pay offshore tax liabilities. A new criminal offence of failing to declare taxable offshore …
Auto-enrolment hits 4m landmark
New figures from the Pensions Regulator show that more than four million workers have now been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension. Following …
Employers cash in with £2,000 NICs saving
New government data has shown that almost a million employers are benefiting from a £2,000 cut in their annual national insurance contributions (NICs) …
Employers are reminded that new national minimum wage (NMW) rates will take effect from 1 October 2014, benefiting more than one million lower paid workers. …