To follow up one of the points in our update earlier this week, one of the key business support mechanisms announced by the Chancellor involves engagement and pragmatism from HMRC when it comes to payment of taxes over the coming months.

Given the fast-moving nature of emergency legislation and measures being put in place for emergency support and similar, we thought it might be useful to update you on a couple of matters that we’ve covered earlier this week.

A number of clients have contacted us over the recent days for advice and clarity as employers, with common topics including sick pay, obligations with freelance/self-employed workers and staff retention.

Further to our note earlier this week regarding our availability and commitment to you as we deal with these unprecedented and challenging times, following the Chancellor’s recent announcements and other developments we wanted to provide some advice and information that we think might be both relevant and useful.

The following is a summary of the key points from the 2020 Budget announced on Wednesday 11 March. At the time of publishing this summary no amendments to this have yet been announced, however we will of course update as and when we are provided with further information from the Government.