The Conservatives are said to be planning to merge national insurance into income tax in a major shake-up of the current tax system.
A scheme allowing pensioners to top up their flat-rate state pension through voluntary National Insurance contributions (NICs) is expected to raise £850m over two years.
HM Revenue and Customs has announced measures to help defined benefit (DB) schemes handle the administration associated with the abolition of contracting out.
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has suggested a "pragmatic" cut to National Insurance Contribution (NICs) rates.
The Office of Tax Simplification has suggested more than 20 measures which it believes could substantially simplify the taxation and administration of employee benefits and expenses.
The government will implement the single tier state pension a year earlier than planned in 2016, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed.
Respondents are highly in favour of merging the two central tax payments, despite the government having kicked the issue into the long grass after a consultation in 2011.
The introduction of a flat-rate £144 per week state pension will reduce pay-outs for the vast majority of the population in the long run, according to a respected think tank.
National Insurance contributions are due on pre-6 April 2006 employer payments into funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes, the Court of Appeal has ruled.