The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new Job Support Scheme to top up the wages of workers on reduced hours along with other emergency measures to assist businesses. We have provided a summary of the announcements. Job Support Scheme The new Job Support...
Government Announces Changes to Job retention Scheme At a recent briefing, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined how employers will shortly have to start sharing the cost of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Workers can return to work from the start of July on a...
Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme If you are an employer, you may be entitled to use the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme. The government is set to launch this online scheme on 26 May 2020. This scheme is aimed at small and medium-sized...
Bank of England Update for Businesses and Households During this difficult time for businesses and households, the Bank of England has put together a list of sites where you can find the latest updates from the Government. The following has been circulated by the bank...
HMRC announces a change to the off-payroll working rules As part of a review into changes to the operation of the off-payroll working rules (IR35), HMRC has announced that the rules will only apply to payments made for services provided on or after 6 April 2020. ...
Minimum wage rates to rise in April The government has announced a 6.2% increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), which applies to workers aged 25 and over. From 1 April 2020 the NLW will rise from the current rate of £8.21 to £8.72 an hour, in the largest increase...
Hawsons Chartered Accountants is 165 years old Hawsons Chartered Accountants was founded in the city of Sheffield in 1854 – more than 25 years before the creation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales – by Alfred Allott and John Hewett....
National Living Wage to increase to £10.50 within five years Conservative Chancellor Sajid Javid announced at the Conservative party conference that he would raise the National Living Wage to £10.50 within five years. The current amount for over 25s is £8.21, but the...
Tax Rates 2019/20 We have summarised the key rates and allowances which are fundamental to our business and personal lives. We are sure that you will find them a useful point of reference and have set out below a few examples of how they can be used. Personal tax...
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new Job Support Scheme to top up the wages of workers on reduced hours along with other emergency measures to assist businesses. We have provided a summary of the announcements. Job Support Scheme The new Job Support...
Government Announces Changes to Job retention Scheme At a recent briefing, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined how employers will shortly have to start sharing the cost of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Workers can return to work from the start of July on a...
Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme If you are an employer, you may be entitled to use the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme. The government is set to launch this online scheme on 26 May 2020. This scheme is aimed at small and medium-sized...