Tag Archives: net-pay
Who will champion DC savers?
I hear a lot of DB experts at conferences talking about transferring their “skill-set” for the benefit of DC savers; they want to transport their language – diversified growth funds, liability driven investment and glide-paths into the lingua franca of … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, IGCs, net-pay, PLSA, relief at source, TPR, Whitbread
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We cannot treat low-earners as second class retirees.
I am returning again to the complicated tax situation that people earning under the nil-rate income threshold find themselves in when saving into pensions. I’m doing so for three reasons From a societal point of view , it is wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged Grenfell, NEST, net-pay, NOW, occupational pensions, Peoples, relief at source, Tax
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“Income follows member” – how we enrol people with lots of small jobs.
It’s strange how little we know about people with lots of jobs. But thinking about my friends, many have multiple sources of income from multiple employers. At one-end, of the spectrum there are people who have a portfolio of Non … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, net-pay, Payroll, pensions, relief at source, Sage, Sage Summit
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“Only rich people think small amounts don’t matter”
That’s a quote from Debora Price and I’m making it a strap for whatever campaign I can cobble together to make Government Incentives happen for those who qualify for them , but can’t get them because their trustees don’t collect … Continue reading
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Tagged Consultant, Debora Price, DWP, Employment, Financial services, JLT, Mastertrust, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, net-pay, NOW, pension playpen, pensions, People's Pension, poor, relief at source, Retirement, rich
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NOW – for something completely different.
Amid all the noise of auto-enrolment , one master trusts has put its head down and got on with mending a damaged reputation by hard work and through decent behaviour. I’m talking about NOW pensions. NOW was set up by … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Mankelow, ATP, auto enrolment, Business, Confidence, Denmark, Jocelyn Blackwell, Moreton nillson, net-pay, NOW Pensions, pension playpen, pensions, trustees
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Why Now had to bail out HMRC
Workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has announced that it will pay the Government’s workplace pension for the Government. For the 2015/2016 tax year NOW will make up the income tax relief shortfall for members of its scheme that aren’t taxpayers … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, HMRC, net-pay, NOW:Pensions, pensions, relief at source, tax relief
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Choosing our “Workie”- how hard can we make it?
This week and for weeks to come , I am out and about talking with the payroll partners of large accountancy practices who feel they have no choice but to help their employer clients through auto-enrolment. I’m doing this work … Continue reading
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Tagged accountancy, accountants, auto enrolment, Financial services, net-pay, Payroll, pension, relief at source, Workie, workplace pension
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Net pay schemes – 5 chances – then name and shame employers!
The Pension Minister is threatening to require employers who run net pay pension schemes that disadvantage staff to compensate those low-paid individuals who lose out on tax relief. The majority of the tax relief foregone is on contributions to Government … Continue reading
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Tagged Compensation, DWP, ft, jo cumbo, net-pay, pensions, Pensions Minister, Pensions Regualtor, relief at source, Ros Altmann, TPR
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Auto-enrolment limits – what the DWP aren’t saying!
The DWP’s paper on the Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Bands(QEB) for auto-enrolment next year is very well written and gives an insight into just how much thought is going into managing the conflicting needs of employers, workers, administrators and…HMRC. … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Treasury, welfare, Workie
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, HMRC, net-pay, pensions, PLSA, relief at source, salary sacrifice, Tax, tax relief, Treasury
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“Not complaining, just saying” – DWP + HMT screw-ups + how to deal with ’em
Yesterday saw two issues re-emerge from Government announcements that were inaccurate and confusing. Both show that even with their army of lawyers, the Treasury and DWP still make fundamental errors that were they to be made from the private sector … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, auto enrolment, compliance, FCA, Guidance, net-pay, Pension Wise, pensions, relief at source, TPR
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