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Ten Tips for Tax Withholding on Multiple Income Streams

Money Talk

Young adults working in the gig economy may have income from a variety of consulting contracts or from a full-time job and “side hustles.” A big concern of people with multiple income streams is adequate tax withholding. Nobody want to pay the IRS tax underpayment penalty, which is 0.5% In other instances (e.g.,

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Top tips for boosting employees’ pensions knowledge 

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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What do employers need to know about the pensions lifetime allowance abolition?

Employee Benefits

Credit: Natata/Shutterstock Need to know: The abolition of the pensions lifetime allowance in April will require an overhaul of employee communications, and a revaluation of pension scheme design and administration, including opportunities to simplify the scheme and reduce the cost of running it.

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Government consults on occupational health provision

Employee Benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care have published a consultation on ways to increase take up of occupational health provision. Mel Stride MP, secretary of state for work and pensions, said: “This government is investing billions in getting people back to work and growing the economy.

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Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill receives Royal Assent

Employee Benefits

The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. The bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Jonathan Gullis MP and taken through the House of Lords by Baroness Altmann, will see the age at which eligible workers must be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme lowered from 22 to 18. 2) Bill has received Royal Assent.

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Autumn Statement: Government to consult on expanding PPF’s role

Employee Benefits

The government is to consult on expanding the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) role to act as a consolidator for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes that are deemed “unattractive to commercial providers” and are not currently served by the market. Any public consolidator must be voluntary and separate.”

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Laura Trott appointed minister for pensions

Employee Benefits

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Laura Trott MBE as minister for pensions, after predecessor Alex Burghart officially held the role for less than one month. Trott was appointed on 27 October, and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made the announcement on 7 November via its official Twitter account.

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