State Pension Age

State Pension Age The State Pension age is the earliest age that an individual can start receiving their State Pension, and is worked out based on the date of birth. If an employee chooses to continue to work after reaching their State Pension Age then their subsequent earnings are not liable to employee National Insurance…

Accounts Office reference

Accounts Office Reference The employer’s ‘Accounts Office Reference‘ is a unique, 13 character code. It can be found on letters from HMRC about PAYE and when you registered as an employer. Accounts office references all have the same strict format, as follows: The three digit number of your tax office (e.g. 123) Two alpha characters…

Tax Relief and Earnings Basis for Pension Contributions

How Tax Relief and the Earnings Contribution basis affect pension contributions If you wish to check that an employee is having the correct pension deduction made from their pay, it is important that you understand how tax relief and the earnings contribution basis affects these deductions. Tax relief: When using a Relief at Source (RAS) pension scheme…

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT HMRC is changing the way you submit your VAT Returns (although in practice, for users of our Money Manager software, there is very little difference). From April 2019, most VAT registered businesses with a taxable turnover above £85,000 must keep their VAT records digitally and use Making Tax Digital…