• 10 Years With Dataplan Payroll

    Written on 01 Feb 2018 by Stewart Waddell

    10 years ago, the world was a very different place. George W Bush was American President, Lehman Brothers was yet to collapse and the iPhone was in its first generation. However,…

  • Dataplan – Week Thirty

    Written on 25 Jan 2018 by Ed Bergdahl

    Roughly six months ago I began a new chapter of my life and started my career in the payroll industry. Time travelling paradoxes aside, If I could look back and have a payroll-…

  • The Administration Levy – a new component of the NHS Pension Scheme

    Written on 25 Jan 2018 by Jack SImpson

    Pensions is an area around which the rules and regulations appear to be constantly evolving. Undoubtedly, both primary and secondary legislation introduced by successive…

  • Changes to Paying PAYE to HMRC

    Written on 17 Jan 2018 by Paul Chappell

    With the ever increasing use of technology in business, HMRC are encouraging all taxpayers to pay their tax liabilities electronically. This ’encouragement’ is moving a pace.…

  • Childcare Support

    Written on 15 Jan 2018 by Paul Chappell

    My colleague, Jack Simpson, wrote a blog in June 2017 highlighting the changes effect from April 2018 to the provision of childcare vouchers. It is not only the provision of…

  • What happens when payments are made late to HMRC?

    Written on 12 Jan 2018 by Paul Chappell

    Sorry for such a negative blog so early in the New Year! Businesses can make a payment late to HMRC for a number of reasons, short term cash flow, staff holidays, the employer…

  • Company Car and Van Tax 2018-2019

    Written on 05 Jan 2018 by Paul Chappell

    Employees who are provided with a company car for private use will see an increase in the amount of tax they pay, from 6 April 2018. HMRC have announced that the diesel supplement…

  • A year after flying the nest

    Written on 05 Jan 2018 by Stewart Waddell

    A year after flying the nest, Alice has returned to Dataplan with new skills and a wider knowledge of the processes of payroll. Alice began her Dataplan life in 2014 as a…

  • Auto enrolment start age change and what it may mean for your payroll

    Written on 20 Dec 2017 by Jack SImpson

    Pensions and the rules surrounding them have changed extensively in recent years. The introduction of auto-enrolment – and an array of changes to the taxation of personal pensions…

  • Scottish Tax Thresholds

    Written on 18 Dec 2017 by Paul Chappell

    The Scotland Act 2012 gave the Scottish Parliament the power to set the Scottish rate of income tax (National Insurance rates continue to be uniform across the United Kingdom).…