News

  • Merry Payroll

    • December 16, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • 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: Hansen Sweeney
    • 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: Hansen Sweeney
    • 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: Hansen Sweeney
    • 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: Hansen Sweeney
    • 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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  • Update: ‘Non-Dom’ Rules, Finance Bill 2017

    • October 10, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • Categories: Budget 2016, News
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    Budget 2016 announced that the whole package of reforms to the “non-dom” regime in the UK would be legislated in the Finance Bill 2017.

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  • London Top City for American Expats

    • August 12, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • Categories: News, US/UK
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    A new LinkedIn study has shown that London tops the list of most-common workplace destinations for American expats.

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  • Why Knowledge Sharing Is Important

    • July 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • Categories: Business plans, News
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    Gone are the days of office segregation and a silo-type working environment. Companies have realised the value of cross-pollination known as ‘data sharing’, while words like innovation, transparency and collaboration all talk to company enrichment. Not convinced? Here are five reasons knowledge sharing is great for your business:

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  • Cycle to Work Scheme

    • June 6, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • Categories: News, Updates
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    I guess not many people actually take the time to think about or look into a scheme that can benefit the employee by getting to work in a healthy, timely and cost-effective way.

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  • US Taxes: A Personal Journey

    • May 19, 2016
    • Posted by: Hansen Sweeney
    • Categories: News, US/UK
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    With the range of new measures and changes the IRS have recently implemented, most notably the FATCA requirements for banks and financial institutions to identify and disclose details of their US citizens/Green Card Holders clients to the US authorities, we are finding that large numbers of people are suddenly discovering that they have a requirement to file US tax forms…and we can help!

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