• Tax code Y to be abolished

    Written on 26 Feb 2016 by Adele Blackham

    Since 6 April 2012 the age related personal allowances have been frozen with a view to phase these out, now the basic personal allowance will increase to £11,000 from 6th April…

  • Student loan orders 6th April 2016 onwards

    Written on 25 Feb 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    */ The world of payroll sees many changes come into play from 6th April 2016, one being the new rules on student loan orders. The way Student loans will be operated from April…

  • A Guide to the national Living Wage

    Written on 23 Feb 2016 by

    Quick Overview From 1st April 2016 UK businesses will, by law, have to pay at least the National Living Wage to employees aged over 25. This comes on the back of an increase in…

  • £1.92bn Leap Year boost for employers

    Written on 05 Feb 2016 by Richard Rowell

    With a leap year just around the corner there is good news for UK employers though not so good for employees. The extra day in 2016 means an extra unpaid day of input from…

  • Christmas Party 2015

    Written on 28 Jan 2016 by Nicola Denison

    Happy new year to all our customers We hope that you enjoyed the break over the Christmas and New Year period. We at Dataplan managed to take time away from taxes and payroll to…

  • Scotland now has its own rate of income tax

    Written on 15 Jan 2016 by Adele Blackham

    The new tax year will also see a change for employers and employee living in Scotland with the introduction of the Scottish Rate Income tax from 6th April 2016 by the Scottish…

  • 3 years on from the start of Auto-Enrolment and it’s time for re-enrolment!

    Written on 15 Jan 2016 by Adele Blackham

    They say time flies when you are having fun and the the three years since Auto Enrolment came a reality has been lots of ‘fun’ for employers, pension and payroll providers,…

  • Abolition of Contracting out NIC’s

    Written on 15 Jan 2016 by Adele Blackham

    From April 2016 all contracted out pension schemes will come to an end. This is part of the Pensions Act 2014 which saw measures to bring in a single-tier state pension. What does…

  • National Living Wage

    Written on 09 Oct 2015 by Mark Brown

    As of 1st October 2015, the powers that be decided that everyone in the UK deserved a little pay rise in the annual re-draft of the National Minimum Wage – hurrah! However, a…

  • Have you claimed your £2000 pounds?

    Written on 01 Oct 2015 by Stewart Waddell

    Good question you may ask? When the employment allowance scheme was introduced back in 2014 Dataplan wrote to all our customers with an update along with a confirmation claim form…