15 August 2025
Following on from our news online article published on 22 July, Modernising and mandating tax adviser registration with HMRC, we advised the CIPP Policy team are reaching out for clarification on the above to fully ensure that payroll professionals are proceeding correctly under the proposed rules.
Thank you for bearing with us, the Policy team has now had confirmation from the policy representative at HMRC that this will indeed cover the provision of payroll services, but not the sole provision of payroll software.
The requirements will mean that businesses will need to register and meet minimum standards, such as having no outstanding tax liabilities and hold anti-money laundering supervision. Directors would also be checked by HMRC at the point of registration, but some minimum standards will need to be met by the organisation only.
The team are working on our consultation response. Thank you to those members who joined us on our Think Tank on 12 August, for sharing your views on the matter, these will be shared with HMRC in our response.
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