Acas has published new guidance on religion and belief discrimination in the workplace. The 26-page guidance booklet, entitled “Religion or belief discrimination: key points for the workplace”, primarily offers employers, managers, HR professionals, employees and job applicants a grounding in how to reduce the chance of religion or belief discrimination happening in the workplace, how

Intrastat declarations are used to collect information on the movement of goods from the UK to other EU countries and vice versa. Any business that exceeds the exemption threshold for either arrivals or dispatches of goods, is obliged to submit monthly returns. Businesses with annual EU trade above the delivery terms threshold, are required to

The Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018 has been laid before Parliament and will come into force on 1 October 2018. The Order amends section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 so as to grant unpaid time off work to four groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system, who all monitor conditions

Machine Games Duty (MGD) was introduced on 1 February 2013. MGD is charged on the net takings from the playing of machine games. Machine games are games played on a machine where customers hope to win more than they stake. There are currently three rates of MGD. The lower 5% rate applies to machines with

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018, along with most of the provisions in a new Data Protection Act 2018 (including those provisions relevant to processing in the employment relationship). The previous Data Protection Act 1998 has now been repealed. The new data protection laws give people more

HMRC has published an updated issue of the Digest of Double Taxation Treaties. The digest includes updated information on double taxation arrangements between the UK and a number of other countries. The digest is intended as a guide to double taxation relief for certain types of UK income received by the residents of the territories

Following a joint report ("High heels and workplace dress codes") published by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee and Petitions Committee in January 2017, the Government Equalities Office has finally published promised new guidance on “Dress codes and sex discrimination – what you need to know”. The new guidance is aimed at employers

The CASC scheme was first introduced in April 2002 and allows for many amateur sports clubs to register with HMRC thereby benefiting from a range of tax reliefs, including gift aid. The main conditions necessary for an amateur club to be classified as a CASC are as follows: The club must have as its main

According to the latest figures published by the government, HMRC has more than doubled the number of underpaid workers receiving the money they are owed under the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW). In the 2017/18 tax year, HMRC investigators identified £15.6 million in back pay owed to more than 200,000 workers,

The Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme is intended to safeguard the reputation and authenticity of UK produced spirit drinks. The scheme helps consumers identify genuine UK-made products. Under EU legislation, HMRC is the designated verifying authority for UK spirit drinks with a protected Geographical Indication (GI) that links spirits to the region in which they are