Blog26th Jun 2024 Customs Declaration Service (CDS) – are you ready? For the majority of the last 30 years, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system has been at the forefront of customs declarations in the UK. However, in a two-stage approach, CHIEF will… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Employee Engagement Survey: How To Improve Retention With One Employee Engagement is important for a strong and positive organisational culture which in turn is essential for attracting and retaining talent. which is essential for growing a sustainable and successful organisation. How do you ensure employees are engaged and satisfied… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Think People Consulting Now A Member Of The AAB Group We are delighted to announce that we are now part of the AAB Group, a leading tech-enabled critical business services provider with a global portfolio of SME and large corporate clients working across seven key sectors: energy, tech, food &… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment From 6 April 2024, Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) will apply to self-employed individuals and landlords with total business and/or property income above £10,000 per year. Under MTD for ITSA, taxpayers caught by the regime will… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Organised Labour Fraud Have you heard of OLF (Organised Labour Fraud)? HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) uses this term when describing organised crime that involves genuine labour supplies. The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals published a HMRC special on the topic, but have… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Gender Pay Gap Reporting In Ireland 2022 The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of men and women across the workforce. The Republic of Ireland’s gender pay gap suggests an average difference of 14% between the average pay of males and females… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Changes to Capital Gains Tax for separating couples Under the current Capital Gains Tax regime in the UK there are rules in place to allow for transfers of assets between spouses to be deemed to take place at no gain/no loss for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) purposes. That… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Working Remotely – The New Norm For Workplaces The impact of COVID has been widespread and far reaching, touching all aspects of work and home life. Many now have the option to work from home, but some are taking this as an opportunity to work from anywhere, including… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 World Breastfeeding Week 2022 In 2022, reports of women receiving criticism for breastfeeding in public are still sadly occurring. Only recently, a staff of a major supermarket chain reduced a mother to tears after being told that she was being “inappropriate” for breastfeeding… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The resilience of Scotland’s food & drink sector In the last two years we have seen some of the most challenging times in business. In particular, the Scottish food and drink industry has been hit hard by varying restrictions imposed across the country. Despite these challenges, the industry… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill As the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill makes its way through Parliament, it is important to understand what the new Code of Practice to be issued by the Secretary of State would mean, especially for the hospitality, leisure and service… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 New Ways of Working: Working from Home There is nothing innovative about working from home. Employees in some capacities have been working from home for years, whether this is in a self-employed position or whilst occupying roles that benefit from a higher level of autonomy and asynchronous… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Is your 31 July ‘Payments on Account’ due for payment? Self-Assessment taxpayers who had a liability of more than £1,000 in the 2020/21 tax year are likely to be required to make ‘Payments on Account’ towards their 2021/22 tax liability. The first interim payment was due on or before 31… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 HMRC improves data collection for customer consultation It is usually around this time of year, as the holiday season gets underway that government departments publish consultation documents, and HMRC is no different. HMRC is looking for responses to its consultation on improving the data it collects from… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 New Bill to protect Seafarer workers when entering UK ports After the appalling actions of P&O in May of this year, the government has now introduced new legislation to ensure that seafarers are paid at least the National Minimum Wage. This new legislation, effective 6 July 2022, applies to any vessels… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Research & Development tax relief claims As Research & Development (R&D) tax relief claims become more popular across the UK for both SME and large sized corporations, it is no surprise that HMRC is cracking down on the review process for who they grant this generous… By Caroline Murphy View more