George Osborne pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat last month with a number of surprise pension announcements. Hannah Uttley discusses these and other major benefit announcements.
Salary sacrifice is a pretty common concept in benefits administration, but it is still fraught with legal risks. Owain Thomas outlines the potential pitfalls and advantages.
Naomi Rainey says HMRC's extra powers will make no difference
Employers will be able to file employee share scheme data online with HM Revenue and Customs from 6 April.
The key points of the government's new Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
Many parents could be "better off in the longer term" staying in the original workplace childcare voucher scheme, rather than switching to the government's new system, Busy Bees Benefits warns.
The government has confirmed it will be "taking forward" almost all of the recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) addressing the taxation of employee benefits and expenses.
The government is to consult on four of the main simplifications outlined in the Office of Tax Simplification's (OTS) review of employee benefits and expenses, including the payrolling of P11Ds.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will receive further powers to tackle pensions liberation in the Finance Bill 2014.
The Childcare Voucher Providers Association (CVPA) has slammed the government's proposals for operating its new tax-free childcare which would effectively close the whole industry within a few years.