The Real Cost of Christmas For Business Owners

The Real Cost of Christmas For Business Owners

December 15, 2018 | No Comments

Christmas is all about happiness, joy and often giving to those you appreciate. For employers it can be difficult to decide how generous you really can afford to be over the festive period. There has been research conducted surrounding the ways in which employers make use of the opportunity of Christmas. Research has also been looking into the impact that the tax system has on acts of generosity over Christmas. Generosity, how far should you go? When employers were asked whether they took into consideration the cost if income tax and NICs when crafting Christmas reward schemes, only a tiny
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HMRC is adamant that RTI is working – is it?

HMRC is adamant that RTI is working – is it?

March 6, 2014 | No Comments

I have to admit that it was far less of a disaster than we thought it might be. Yes, there were many long phone calls, changing of the goal posts and annoying glitches to be handled but they were handled without any catastrophic meltdowns. Just. HMRC’s phones must have needed replacing by the end of last year the amount they were being used. And you would have thought the holding music could have been a little more engaging given the audience numbers it was getting. That aside though we do seem to have a more effective, more informative and modern
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