Office Assistants

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently confirmed that payments for overtime undertaken on a purely voluntary basis should be included in holiday pay, providing they are paid regularly enough to constitute 'normal pay'.

A new Data Protection Bill is due to be published in September 2017, bringing the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law. Here Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants discuss what it means for the small business.

With the PSC regime only still fairly new, it has come as something of a surprise to the business world that changes have already been introduced as of 26th June 2017. Here Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants explain how these changes will work.

The worldwide cyber-attack that brought the NHS to its knees recently has definitely reiterated the threats faced by businesses working in the modern digital environment. Here Office Assistants discuss methods of protecting the smaller business.

Electronic signatures have been used for many years, but they have long been questioned from a legal point of view, which has led business owners to put off relying on them. However, thanks to a new Regulation, things are set to change.

On 6th April 2017, amendments were made to inheritance tax law courtesy of the new 'residence nil rate inheritance tax break' came into operation. Here Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants explain how the new regime will work in practice.

Making Tax Digital was brought in with the March 2015 Budget. It has a goal of transferring all tax records to a digital system. Here Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants take a look at what's involved.

Now the UK's threat level has been raised to critical, businesses really should be listening to the Government's advice to develop a 'dynamic lockdown' strategy.

From 6 April 2017, the Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017 are in operation.

With everything from webinars to email alerts on a range of subjects from self-assessment to VAT returns, there is a range of tools available on the HMRC website which can help with the smooth running of your business.