Tax and deductions from pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Basic pay and benefits

  Updated to include revised advisory fuel rates, effective from 1 September 2020.

• Type:

  Consultations

  Call for evidence on tackling disguised remuneration tax avoidance

  The Government launches a call for evidence on tackling disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes.

• Type:

  Consultations

  Consultation on supporting veterans' transition to civilian life through employment

  The Government consults on its proposals to introduce a 12-month national insurance contributions relief scheme for employers of veterans.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Pay As You Earn

  Updated to include a reference to a consultation on proposed NIC relief for employers of armed forces veterans, which the Government published on 21 July 2020.

• Date:

  17 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  We cannot delay IR35 reforms any further, government says

  There should be no further delay in addressing the long-standing 'unfairness' of contractors paying less tax than employees in situations where their work should be classified as an employment relationship, the government has said.

• Date:

  2 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  IR35 changes will go ahead in April 2021

  The changes to off-payroll working rules in the private sector, known as IR35, will go ahead in April 2021 after MPs voted against an amendment to delay them for at least two years.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employers have to pay national insurance contributions for furloughed employees?

• Date:

  20 May 2020

  Type:

  News

  Proposed delay to IR35 fails to gain support

  A proposed delay to the extension of IR35 rules to the private sector has failed to gain support in parliament.

• Date:

  28 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  House of Lords: IR35 'riddled with problems'

  The IR35 rules are 'riddled with problems, unfairnesses, and unintended consequences', according to a House of Lords committee looking into the impact of off-payroll working reforms.

• Date:

  22 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  House of Lords committee reveals IR35 concerns

  The House of Lords committee looking at the proposed extension of IR35 regulations to the private sector has written to the Treasury with a list of damning concerns about the proposed reforms.