After four years of preparation and debate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)  was finally approved by the EU Parliament on 14 April 2016. It will be in force in the UK from the 25th May 2018, Watch the ICO's helpful video on the left  for more information.

Did you know that you have to complete a risk assessment with view the money laundering risk for your business?

These regulations came into force in July 2017 under the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive (4MLD) and decree that all businesses must asses the risk that they could be used for money laundering through an online risk assessment form...

Making Tax Digital will bring an end to the burden of the annual tax return for businesses and help them stay on top of their tax affairs. The government announced its vision for modernising the tax system at March Budget 2015. In the Spring Budget 2017 the government announced that it would provide 3.1 million small businesses with an extra year (until 2019)...

Individuals who work through intermediaries, such as personal service companies, are no longer subject to IR35 rules if they work in the public sector.

Public sector organisations or agencies paying off-payroll workers are now responsible for deciding whether the work falls within IR35. They must deduct income tax and national insurance (NI) if they deem the worker an employee within IR35...

Most employees are offered a range benefits from their employers. There is a huge variety of employee benefits, all with different tax and national insurance (NI) implications. So, as your local accountants, we have created a simple guide to make you aware of any tax conditions as not all employee benefits may be what they seem...

The National Living Wage applies to workers in the UK that are aged 25 and over, the national minimum wage will stay the same for any worker in the UK younger than 25.

From April 2017, all workers aged 25 and over are legally entitled to at least £7.50 per hour, this is an increase of 30pence an hour. The standard PAYE tax code for your main job in 2017-18 is 1150L (2016/2017L)...

Brief details of these changes are listed below. Trade Union Act

The Act reforms the rules on trade union ballots for taking industrial action. The main provisions of the Act are :

50% turnout threshold for there to be a valid ballot on industrial action.

Threshold of 40% support from all members in order to take industrial action in key sectors...

The law on workplace pensions has changed. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called 'automatic enrolment'. Whether you're a hairdresser, an architect or employ a personal care assistant, if you employ at least one person you are an employer and you have certain legal duties. We at JIS Systems Ltd can help  you work out what you need, when you need to do it by and give our continued support and expertise during the entire auto enrolment process...