Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
In April, the European Parliament and council agreed a directive on e-invoicing in public procurement, and plans to adopt it by May 2017. The government have excluded an e-invoicing standard from a set of illustrative regulations published on 12 January 2015, which...
Feb 17, 2015 | Accountants in Practice, accounting software, HMRC, Identity Assurance
In addition to providing a united view between software developers and practitioners on certain issues, the interest group will also consider issues facing accountants in relation to software used in their practices. It will also look into initiatives proposed by, for...
Feb 2, 2015 | BASDA Members, Uncategorized
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launched a new payroll stakeholder outreach group, the Employment and Payroll Group (EPG) which met for their inaugural meeting in December 2014. It has been set up to help government departments engage with the wider employment and...
Feb 1, 2015 | Auto Enrolment, BASDA Members
B&CE have joined BASDA as an Associate Member. The People’s Pension, from B&CE is a multi-employer scheme with independent trustees and is operated on a not-for-profit basis. It’s a hassle-free, flexible and portable workplace pension designed for people, not...
Jan 20, 2015 | Auto Enrolment
Alex Rowson, Technical Director of Qtac Software and Chair of the BASDA Payroll, Pensions & HR Interest Group, comments on this article posted by CIPP’s Karen Thomson on Accountinweb “Well it has taken some time but are we finally nearing the end of a long...
Dec 9, 2014 | e-invoicing, Government Digital Strategy, Interoperability
The Parliamentary Inquiry into e-invoicing in the public sector was established by Stephen McPartland MP. His report, launched in Parliament on 1st May 2014, concluded that £2billion a year could be saved. Together with the UKNEF (UK National e-Invoicing Forum) and...
Nov 6, 2014 | asset management
member blog article by Real Asset Management Corporate apps are fast transforming the way individuals operate within the business. But how many organisations – or individuals – recognise the highly variable levels of security between apps and the inherent risks...
Sep 26, 2014 | HR and Payroll software, RTI
BASDA chairman, Kevin Hart, talked to John Stokdyk of Accountingweb in this week’s feature “RTI: Time to tackle the snags”. John writes . . . . Like many other organisations and stakeholders, the payroll software industry and BASDA members put in a...
Sep 24, 2014 | Auto Enrolment, HR and Payroll software
A new auto-enrolment (AE) data standard will be launched at the Annual Payroll and Pensions Conference and Exhibition on 9 October. The Pensions and Payroll Data Interface Standard (PAPDIS) aims to overcome managing the collation and transfer of data for AE –...
Aug 6, 2014 | BASDA Members, Government Digital Strategy, HMRC
In his article for CA Magazine, Anthony Harrington speaks to BASDA Chairman, Kevin Hart, on the issues for software developers as HMRC moves towards digital systems in its push to reduce costs and headcount. “What we are finding as software developers is that...
