Kate Upcraft
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Kate is a technical writer, editor and lecturer on all aspects of employing people - primarily payroll and HR matters.
Owner Kate Upcraft Consultancy Ltd
7th Sep 2021
HMRC agrees Employment Allowance CJRS guidance
Accountants and payroll managers have been raising concerns for more than 18 months about the lack of clarity in the CJRS guidance around “...
Business tax
13th Apr 2021
CJRS guidance from 1 May 2021: Get the details right
The new guidance includes how to calculate furlough pay for newly eligible employees who could not claim from 1 November 2020 but were...
HMRC & policy
30th Mar 2021
Easing lockdown signals start of new tax year
The software industry and accountancy bodies managed to lobby HMRC to produce the information required to allow payroll software to be...
Business tax
3rd Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Furlough extension takes centre stage
The coronavirus job support scheme (CJRS) is estimated to cost £53.8bn to the end of September, beyond the proposed ending of lockdown in...
HMRC & policy
9th Feb 2021
HMRC furlough mistake adds to employers’ burden
Just 10 days before the deadline for submitting CJRS claims for pay periods in January 2021 - which will be 15 February 2021 as the 14th is...
Business tax
26th Jan 2021
Furlough claims for annually paid directors
If those directors managed to pay themselves some salary between 20 March and 30 October 2020 they are eligible to claim for furlough pay...
HMRC & policy
17th Dec 2020
CJRS extension: Get the details right
Chancellor Sunak’s announcement on 5 November provided us with only a little information about the CJRS extension, further details are...
HMRC & policy
13th Nov 2020
CJRS: Your questions answered
Accountants and payroll professionals are frustrated by government guidance that appears late, and then is incomplete or confusing. We hear...
HMRC & policy
6th Oct 2020
Job Retention Bonus: Get the details right
The purpose of this bonus scheme was to encourage employers to keep people in work until 31 January 2021. However, as the CJRS is now being...
HMRC & policy
14th Sep 2020
CJRS: What are usual hours for flexi-furlough purposes?
It is vital that employers and payroll agents record which iteration of the HMRC guidance they relied upon when making each CJRS claim, in...
HMRC & policy