Jun 7 2022 Ensure your payroll software is ready for upcoming National Insurance changes Categories: Amber AccountingPayroll On 23 March 2022, the UK Government announced that the National Insurance thresholds would be increased from 6 July 2022. As a result, you will need to ensure that your payroll software is updated to accurately reflect the increased NIC thresholds for any payments dated 6 July 2022 or later. This may happen automatically, or more
Mar 17 2022 National Living Wage to rise from 1 April 2022 Categories: Amber AccountingPayroll From 1 April 2022, the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by more than 50p an hour to £9.50 for all those aged 23 and over. The National Minimum Wage (NMW), which applies to workers above school leaving age but under 23, and the apprentice rate will also increase. The NLW and NMW rates will increase as more
Jan 13 2022 Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to be reintroduced Categories: Amber Accounting Update: The Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme closes for COVID-19 related absences after 17 March 2022. Employers have up to and including 24 March 2022 to submit any final claims and/or amend claims they’ve already submitted. On 21 December 2021, the UK Government announced that it would temporarily reintroduce the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme more
Nov 4 2021 Xero package price freeze for our clients Categories: Amber AccountingCloud Accounting From 23 September 2021, Xero increased the price of their monthly subscription plans. The Starter and Standard business subscriptions for new and existing UK customers increased by £2 per month, whilst the Premium subscription increased by £3 per month. If you hold your own subscription, you will automatically see this increase in your regular billing. However, more
Sep 29 2021 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme comes to an end Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) comes to an end on 30 September 2021, after running for almost 18 months. For your September payroll, you can claim up to 60%, capped at £1,875 for furloughed hours and must contribute the remaining 20% yourself (up to a maximum of £625). You must also make employer National more
Jul 6 2021 Employer contribution changes to the CJRS Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was extended until 30 September 2021, with employers asked to contribute towards the cost of their furloughed employees’ wages from July onwards. As a reminder, we’ve highlighted the changes in the table below: *If the employee is furloughed for 100% of their working hours. The timetable will change if, for more
Apr 9 2021 Dext Partner certified Categories: Amber AccountingBookkeepingCloud AccountingTechnology Recent times have shown us just how important technology is when it comes to keeping your business going while working from home. As part of our ongoing effort to improve our remote working processes, we are excited to announce that our Amber Accounting team have recently achieved Partner certification with Dext, previously Receipt Bank, the award-winning more
Mar 29 2021 Payroll Year End 2021 Categories: Amber AccountingPayroll With April fast approaching, it’s time to familiarise yourself with Year End filing procedures and deadlines. There are a number of things you need to do for a successful payroll year end but key to this is submitting your final payroll of the 2020/21 tax year to HMRC by 19 April 2021. Here are some of the more
