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As part of the government’s pledge to eliminate avoidable waste, and recycle a greater proportion of municipal waste, the rules on recycling responsibilities are changing. Extended producer responsibility for packaging (EPR) is part of this.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have the right to a copy of the personal data that your organisation holds about them. This is often known as a subject access request (SAR). The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently issued new guidance for businesses and employers about how SARs should be dealt with.

The government has now consulted on replacing the two existing Research and Development (R&D) schemes for tax relief with a single merged scheme. The result: uncertainty.

If you or your partner get Child Benefit, keep the High Income Child Benefit charge (HICBC) in mind.

HMRC is publicising a new way that employers can be provided with an employee’s National Insurance number (NINO).

It’s all about plugging holes in your National Insurance record. And that in turn, is about making sure there are enough years of National Insurance contributions (NICs), or National Insurance credits, to get the full State Pension.

Online sales: one of those areas where awareness of tax is often low.

With support schemes having lost between £3.3 billion and £7.3 billion to error and fraud, HMRC isn’t letting go now.

Our latest charity newsletter has been published, you can download it here or sign up to receive future editions straight into your inbox.

Brexit has meant constant change for customs rules. What else is round the corner?

Nearly 90% of businesses made payroll mistakes in the last year, research suggests. Errors can easily translate into overstretched payroll staff, who need to follow up what’s gone wrong, and employees who are left wondering what’s happened to their wages.

The rules underpinning what you can contribute to a pension, and the rules around the Lifetime Allowance, have changed significantly from 6 April 2023.