• Off-Payroll Working in the Public Sector

    Written on 13 Mar 2017 by Stewart Waddell

    The Government announced in the 2016 Budget that they were to reform the intermediaries legislation for public sector engagements. However what does this mean for employers within…

  • Bank Account Fraudsters Hit UK Accounts

    Written on 19 Dec 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    What would you do if you received a letter from you bank asking you to call them? You would think this was the right thing to do? Well, perhaps not. This week has relived a new…

  • Telephone Scams

    Written on 11 Nov 2016 by Paul Chappell

    Hot on the heels of e mail scams, you may have seen them and received the kind e mail form ‘HMRC’ advising you of a lovely tax repayment, we are now seeing a worrying development…

  • 'Tis The Season To Be Jolly. Or Is It? Christmas Gifts

    Written on 11 Nov 2016 by Paul Chappell

    Do such sentiments extend out from HMRC regarding gifts and Christmas functions? Well perhaps surprisingly the answer to this is, for the most part, yes. Have Father Christmas’…

  • HMRC: A Simplification Of Employee Expense Rules

    Written on 11 Nov 2016 by Paul Chappell

    HMRC introduced a simplification of the rules for employee expenses from 6 April 2016. All expenses that met the ‘wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred’ in the performance…

  • Apprenticeship Levy Guide

    Written on 03 Nov 2016 by

    Quick Overview In June 2015, the government announced it would create 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 to tackle the widening skills gaps in the labour market and poor employment…

  • Dataplan are Awarded a Huge PAS Accreditation

    Written on 01 Nov 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    As you may already know back in June 2014 Dataplan Payroll was awarded the PAS accreditation – “Payroll Assurance scheme” which is managed by the CIPP Chartered Institute for…

  • The Christmas Countdown

    Written on 18 Oct 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    Well, it’s that time again when anyone in the world of payroll starts to consider processing payrolls over the Christmas and new year period. Within the payroll outsourcing world…

  • National Payroll Week 2016

    Written on 12 Sep 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    National Payroll Week is a week intended to celebrate payroll as a whole, for all businesses, payroll bureaus and payroll outsourcing providers and the contribution payroll makes…

  • National Insurance Number Validations to Change

    Written on 08 Sep 2016 by Stewart Waddell

    HMRC Software Development Support Team have now confirmed forthcoming changes to the validation of employees National Insurance numbers from 15th November. Back in June this year…