National Insurance
Law and Regulation
Salary sacrifice may have become a target for government cuts. Jonathan Stapleton explains why.
22 June 2015
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Employee Benefits
Steve Webb has warned that the Conservative government may target the £15bn salary sacrifice bill in its July emergency Budget.
10 June 2015
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Employee Benefits
The government will introduce new business and benefits reforms focusing on employer taxation and a doubling of free childcare as part of the Queen's Speech.
27 May 2015
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Employee Benefits
The Liberal Democrats will look at introducing a flat-rate pensions tax relief, expand shared parental leave, consider increasing NI thresholds and commit to 20 hours of free childcare a week for all working parents.
15 April 2015
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Employee Benefits
The Green Party has pledged to bring the minimum wage up to the Living Wage with a target of making it £10 per hour by 2020.
14 April 2015
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Employee Benefits
Carers who stay in their employer's home and ministers of religion are being excluded from the removal of the £8,500 benefits in kind (BiK) cap.
10 December 2014
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Employee Benefits
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is urging the government to cut employee national insurance contributions (NICs) and provide more free childcare places.
10 November 2014
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Employee Benefits
Salary sacrifice is a pretty common concept in benefits administration, but it is still fraught with legal risks. Owain Thomas outlines the potential pitfalls and advantages.
08 April 2014
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Employee Benefits
Employers could be administering benefits through their payroll and eradicating up to 99% of P11Ds if a proposal by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is implemented.
10 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
The leaders of the Office of Tax Simplification's review of the employee benefits and expenses system believe their "radical" recommendations will clean-up the current "complex and burdensome" rules and processes.
30 January 2014
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