A salary sacrifice arrangement involves an agreement by an employee to lower their cash salary in exchange for non-cash benefits. Importantly, this…

At Autumn Budget 2024, the government confirmed that it will go ahead with a simplification measure first announced in January 2024. This…

There is a tax-free limit of £30,000 for redundancy pay regardless of whether it is your statutory redundancy payment or a higher…

There are special rules to observe when employing an apprentice in the UK. Basically, an apprentice takes part in a structured training…

Employees who are working from home may be eligible to claim a tax deduction on certain work-related bills. If their employer does…

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office. The DBS helps employers across…

In a move to put more money in working people’s pockets, the government has overhauled the remit of the Low Pay Commission…

The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool can be used to help ascertain if a worker should be classified as employed…

An employer can usually reclaim 92% of employees’ Statutory Maternity, Statutory Paternity, Statutory Adoption, Statutory Parental Bereavement and Statutory Shared Parental Pay….

Where an employee with a company car is provided with fuel for their own private use by their employers, the default position…