Ian Holloway

Ian Holloway
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Ian Holloway is a highly respected payroll practitioner, writer, advisor and trainer. He has worked in the payroll profession for over 30 years and is now Payroll Consultant at i-Realise, an independent change management business operating in the payroll space. Ian has hands-on experience processing payrolls from all sectors, large and small. In 2011 he shifted focus to his passion for educating the profession, and also worked on improving Payroll software solutions to meet legislative requirements and business goals. He was the Trailblazer Chair for the Level 3 Payroll Administrator Apprenticeship and the Level 5 Payroll Assistant Manager Apprenticeship. He also advises on the practical impacts of new government legislation. As Payroll Consultant at i-Realise, Ian’s broad experience and up-to-date knowledge allows him to publish insights to UK HR and Payroll professionals through workshops, white papers, newsletters and face-to-face presentations. Ian regularly speaks at industry conferences and is a featured writer for several Payroll, HR and Finance publications. Ian leads i-Realise’s monthly payroll forum, a confidential platform for in-house payroll leaders and managers to discuss new legislation and collectively improve best practice. You can contact Ian at [email protected]
29th Jan 2021
Tax and NIC treatment of self-isolation payments
Regional differences The nations making up the UK each have a different ‘test and trace’ Covid-19 procedure. This is a result of health...
Personal tax
8th Jan 2021
Tax and NIC thresholds for 2021/22
In a normal year the Chancellor delivers an Autumn Statement or Autumn Budget which contains the rates and thresholds for national...
HMRC & policy
18th Nov 2020
Statutory Sick Pay enhanced for Welsh care staff
The Welsh SSP enhancement scheme has very little to do with statutory sick pay (SSP). It is simply a government-funded top-up paid to the...
Finance & strategy
14th Oct 2020
Penalties for breaking isolation
One of the biggest mistakes we make is assuming that the NHS Test and Trace system applies UK-wide. Each country actually has its own...
Finance & strategy
22nd Sep 2020
SSP: Get the details right for Covid-19
The Prime Minister announced that the Coronavirus Act would make provision to temporarily allow SSP to be paid from the first day of...
Business tax
4th Jun 2020
Coronavirus SSP cover extended again
As of 1 June 2020, this is where we are: The reclaims portal The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (CSSPRS) allows eligible...
HMRC & policy
21st May 2020
Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay rebate scheme is ready
We have been waiting for this rebate scheme to launch since these announcements were made in March 2020: On 3 March the Prime Minister said...
HMRC & policy
22nd Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Statutory Sick Pay repayments and the law
Since writing on the subject in March , the issue of SSP has largely been overshadowed by announcements about retaining employees,...
HMRC & policy
17th Mar 2020
Statutory Sick Pay temporarily extends to self-isolation
In the UK Budget Red Book on page 2 ‘Responding to COVID-19’, there is the comment about ‘extending Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for those...
HMRC & policy
10th Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Sick pay snafu confuses employers
The SSP rules are unclear, and different agencies are publishing confusing guidance in the wake of the coronavirus. It is imperative that...
Finance & strategy