blogs > Compliance
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Paul Chappell
April 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most significant moments for payroll compliance in recent years. Two changes are landing at the same time, and together they raise the stakes considerably for employers. The first is R-day...
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Paul Chappell
The government released a critical update on 3 February 2026 about their Plan to Make Work Pay. This is the biggest change to employment law in a generation, and it’s going to affect every UK business over the next couple...
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Paul Chappell
The landscape of benefits administration is set to change significantly. From April 2027, (it was to be April 2026 but the date when all employers were to comply was postponed until April 2027) the government will make payrolling of benefits...
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Paul Chappell
Nobody wants a nasty surprise from HMRC. Yet every year, thousands of employees overpay tax or discover they owe money simply because they didn’t check their tax code was correct. Annually, around a third of all tax codes issued by...
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Paul Chappell
The Government has announced the new statutory payments rates for April 2026, and if you’re thinking this is just another routine annual increase, think again. While most of the changes follow the expected CPI rise, there’s a fundamental shift happening...
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LIam Ridgill
When you’re trusting someone with your payroll, you’re handing over some of the most sensitive data your business holds. Employee personal information, bank details, salaries, and National Insurance numbers. The works. Most payroll providers will tell you they take security...
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Paul Chappell
Employer National Insurance costs are going up. Personal tax thresholds have been frozen for years. If you’re an employer trying to figure out how to reward your team without breaking the bank, you’re not alone. When considering employee remuneration, employers...
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Paul Chappell
If you’ve got salaried employees on your payroll, you’ve probably wondered whether you’re legally required to carry out an annual excessive hours analysis for National Minimum Wage compliance. Maybe not surprisingly, the answer isn’t straightforward. It depends on how your...
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Paul Chappell
As payroll professionals, we occasionally receive queries from clients about discrepancies between the figures we’ve submitted via FPS (Full Payment Submission) and the amounts HMRC has forwarded to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). These discrepancies can directly impact...
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Paul Chappell
The payroll sector is full of complexity, and that’s putting it mildly. But here’s something that doesn’t have to be complicated – supporting charities through your workplace. Payroll giving is one of those rare things that actually works exactly as...