These Regulations implement a new statutory entitlement to Neonatal Care Leave and Pay for employed parents if their child receives neonatal care starting within 28 days of birth and goes on to spend seven or more continuous days in care and provide employed parents with up to twelve weeks of paid leave. Together, the package will ensure that parents who are employees will be supported to take time away from work to care for their child who is receiving or has received Neonatal Care.

These Regulations deal with the entitlement to Neonatal Care Pay for employees who fall into particular categories of employment, for example: mariners, those employed in certain types of employment on the continental shelf, and those who have spent time working abroad, including in European Economic Area (EEA) states, who might otherwise not qualify for the entitlement.

The UK government has put forward 66 amendments to Finance Bill 2025 to be considered at Report Stage on 3 March 2025.

The 2025 UK-Andorra Double Taxation Convention was signed in London on 20 February 2025.

HMRC has published revised advisory fuel rates for company cars which apply from 1 March 2025.

24 February 2025 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our

HMRC has published Issue 128 of the Agent Update which includes updates and reminders on MTD for income tax, employers NIC changes and filing of returns without an overlap relief figure.

The CIOT have issued a response to HMRC鈥檚 call for evidence on Personal Tax: Offshore Anti-Avoidance legislation.

HMRC has published the GAAR Advisory Panel opinion dated 29 October 2024, concerning the creation of obligations to make pension payments to employees and the transfer of those obligations to another employee in exchange for payment.

17 February 2025 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

The guidance on applying to pay voluntary NIC when abroad has been updated to remove the requirements to apply by post.

HMRC has issued a briefing explaining its operational activity during the new independent review of the loan charge.

HMRC has published the February 2025 issue of the Employer Bulletin, providing important updates and information relevant to employers and agents.

HMRC has issued a policy paper on employers operating in a designated special tax site in a freeport or investment zone being required to provide their employee鈥檚 workplace if they are claiming the secondary Class 1 NIC relief through their payroll.

These Regulations are made to amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001, SI 2001/1004 to add a requirement for employers who are claiming the zero rate of secondary Class 1 (employer) National Insurance contributions in respect of employees who work in special tax sites in freeports or investment zones in Great Britain, to include the postcode for the address at which the employee works in their Full Payment Submission.

In response to a request from ICAEW, HMRC has confirmed that changes to the company size thresholds in the

HMRC is reducing the late-payment interest rate to 7.00% and the repayment rate to 3.50% from 25 February 2025 for most taxes and payments. Interest on quarterly instalment payments of corporation tax will also be reduced from 17 February.

10 February 2025 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

The bonus rates for Save As You Earn (SAYE) share option schemes have been reduced with effect from 21 February 2025.

HMRC guidance on receiving income tax or PAYE repayments on behalf of others has been updated regarding advance electronic signatures.