HMRC Government Gateway Service Shortage

Saturday 30 August 08.00 - 16.00

Due to essential maintenance, if you use third party payroll software (this includes our users) to electronically file submissions between 08.00 and 16.00 on Saturday 30 August you will experience a delay in receiving your acceptance/rejection response to your PAYE End of Yearreturn . PAYE In Year and Expense and Benefit submissions will not be affected.

HMRC has apologised for any inconvenience this may cause.

Monday 1 September 20.00 – Tuesday 2 September 06.00

Due to essential maintenance this service will be unavailable between 20.00 on Monday 1 September and 06.00 on Tuesday 2 September to users of HMRC's own software.

If you use third party software (this includes our users) you can file as normal and still access your PAYE notices, notifications and reminders during this downtime.

Again, the HMRC have apologised for any inconvenience this may cause!

Qtac Update for 'Emergency Budget'.

A new software update for the 'Emergency Budget" is now available for Qtac Payroll Products customers. This update reflects the changes that have came about as a result of the governments unexpected changes to the tax bands that will take effect from the 7th September.

All customers will receive an installation CD, so please ensure that the update is installed prior to running any payroll that is to be paid on or after the 7th September.

If, for any reason, you do not receive a disk, an update can be downloaded from our payroll software support pages.

MP's Children Off of the Payroll.

New government proposals, intended to clean up parliamentary allowances, will mean MP's will no longer be able to employ their children. However, the new proposals won't reach as far as MP's husbands, wives and partners who could still be paid at the tax payers expense!

Plans to tighten up the employment of parliamentary staff came to fruition after reports of how Derek Conway used public money to overpay one of his sons by £13,000 out of the £100,000 allowance that he receives to hire staff. According to disclosures made by the parliamentary authorities, at least a further 22 MP's have their own children on the payroll.

The good news for the children who currently work for their (MP) parents is that the ban would not be retrospective, meaning they can carry on in their current posts - nice work if you can get it!