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When Does a Person Paid via PAYE need to submit a tax return?
Submit a self-assessment if HMRC notifies you or you qualify. Key dates: register by Oct 5, paper by Oct 31, digital by Jan 31. Payments due Jan/July.
November 14, 2024
How to Set Up Payroll for Your UK Startup: A Quick Guide
Quick payroll guide for UK startups: Learn to register, comply with HMRC, manage PAYE, auto-enrol pensions, and avoid payroll errors. Start stress-free!
November 8, 2024
What is Hybrid AI?
Hybrid AI combines symbolic and non-symbolic systems, cloud and edge AI, and domain-specific models to enhance performance, efficiency, and interpretability.
November 7, 2024
Autumn Budget 2024- Impact on SMBs
The Autumn Budget raises National Insurance and minimum wage, impacting labour costs for SMBs. Relief includes increased employment allowance and business rate
November 1, 2024
Launch Your Business: A Complete Start-Up Guide for 2024
Setting up a company? From choosing a name to taxes, we'll guide you step by step through the process, simplifying the jargon so you can focus on launching
October 31, 2024
People vs AI: Why Culture Is Your Biggest Asset
AI's impact hinges on culture: companies like Microsoft thrive by involving employees, startups excel by leveraging AI for lean growth and productivity.
October 25, 2024
Winning the War for Talent
Create a positive culture, offer growth, flexible work, strong mission, and competitive pay to attract and retain top talent effectively.
October 24, 2024
Founder's Mode vs. Manager Mode: The Leadership Style Every Startup Founder Needs to Understand
Discover the difference between Founder's Mode and Manager Mode. Learn how startup founders can maintain control and vision while scaling for success.
October 10, 2024
Unlocking Team Potential: The Art of Empowering Your Team Effectively
Empower your team by encouraging autonomy, clear goals, feedback, recognition, and work-life balance for a motivated, successful, and innovative workplace.
October 3, 2024
Running a remote team isn’t the cost-saver it’s hyped up to be, but it might be the smartest move you'll ever make.
Remote work boosts productivity and employee well-being, but requires strong management, clear communication, trust, and effective technology.
September 26, 2024
Machine Learning: Unlocking Business Innovation and Growth
Machine learning, from supervised to unsupervised methods, enhances business processes through clustering, regression, and neural networks for better insights.
September 17, 2024
How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the Payroll Profession?
AI in payroll boosts efficiency, error correction, and chatbots, shifting payroll professionals toward strategic roles and enhancing employee support.
September 12, 2024
Cloud Payroll: What Features Should You Evaluate in the Latest Cloud Payroll Solutions?
Modern cloud payroll systems enhance efficiency with user-friendly interfaces, leave and expense management, compliance, real-time processing, and security.
August 20, 2024
Setting up Payroll a Guide for UK Startups
Setting up payroll requires registering with HMRC, submitting employee details, managing PAYE/NI deductions, and reporting/payments to HMRC accurately.
August 13, 2024
Cloud Based Payroll
Cloud payroll offers secure, accessible, automated payroll management via SaaS, improving flexibility, compliance, and scalability for businesses.
August 6, 2024
Foolproof Payroll Checklist
A monthly payroll checklist helps UK businesses manage payroll accurately and stay compliant with HMRC.
July 23, 2024
Pensions and Auto-Enrolment
UK businesses must auto-enrol eligible staff into workplace pensions, contributing 3% minimum. Employees can opt out but must be re-enrolled every 3 years.
July 11, 2024
Company Benefits and Payroll
Non-cash benefits like medical insurance are taxed via payroll under PBIKs, reducing admin. Some benefits, like loans, still require P11D reporting.
July 4, 2024
Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
CIS requires contractors to deduct tax from subcontractors’ payments, ensuring compliance unless the subcontractor has gross payment status.
June 27, 2024
Reporting Payroll Information to HMRC
Employers must submit a Full Payment Summary (FPS) for each payroll run and an Employer Payment Summary (EPS) for specific claims to HMRC.
June 18, 2024
Common Payroll Forms Explained P45 vs P60 vs P11D
Employers must provide a P60 by May 31st and a P45 upon leaving a job. P11D reports certain non-salary benefits annually.
June 4, 2024
Navigating the First Few Hires in a New Small Business
Hiring for a new business: find the right person, budget wisely, and prioritize attitude over experience. Stay patient and avoid costly mistakes.
May 30, 2024
How and When to Register for PAYE
Register for PAYE with HMRC before your first payday. It’s quick and easy online, requiring business info like UTR and payroll date.
May 23, 2024
How Transformers have Revolutionised NLP and AI
Transformers revolutionized AI by enabling context-aware processing in language, vision, and speech, improving efficiency and accuracy.
May 10, 2024
The Future of Neuromorphic Computing
Neuromorphic computing mimics the brain to improve AI energy efficiency, with Intel and IBM leading advancements in low-power, high-performance chips.
April 18, 2024
Spring Budget 2024
From April 2024, Class 1 National Insurance drops to 8%, and Class 4 to 6%. The HICBC threshold increases to £60,000, with a taper up to £80,000.
March 4, 2024
Autumn Statement 2023
A summary of the key take outs from the autumn statement 2023
November 22, 2023
Setting Up Successful Bonus Schemes, a Guide for Start-ups
Bonus schemes in startups boost performance but need careful design to align with company values, or they may cause disruption and harm team harmony.
September 25, 2023
Should I Outsource Payroll?
Outsourcing payroll, once essential, is now outdated due to AI-driven cloud software that simplifies compliance, reduces errors, and boosts efficiency.
August 5, 2023
Ensuring Compliance in your First Year in Business
Starting a business involves payroll registration, insurance, filings, ICO fees, and taxes. Hiring an accountant helps manage compliance efficiently.
July 9, 2023
The Art of Hiring: How to Find Hidden Gems for Your Startup
Hiring for startups requires strategy: prioritize adaptable all-rounders, use data like “Moneyball,” take calculated risks, and let go quickly when needed.
June 23, 2023
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