[UK] Payroll industry boss urges Rishi Sunak to act

The Chief Executive of payroll, HR and managed services provider Zellis has written a letter to a British newspaper urging the UK Chancellor to take action to forestall a full cost of living crisis. The letter ran in the Financial Times on March 28.

In his letter John Petter wrote, “Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement which changes national insurance thresholds (“Sunak banks windfall for pre-election tax cut as cost of living crisis hits home”, Report, March 24) is welcome, but to avoid a full-scale cost of living crisis the changes need to be enacted now. 

“The statement claims they cannot take effect until July to allow payroll software providers and employers to implement the changes.”

Mr Petter continues, “We are the leading payroll software provider in the UK, with one in six people paid through our software, and we can confirm that this change can be made in hours, and can and should come into effect for the start of the new tax year on April 6. Please do not use the payroll industry as the reason for delay when it’s not necessary. Let’s help people now.”

Zellis tweeted a picture of the page featuring the letter to followers.

Source: Financial Times

(Quotes via original reporting)

The Chief Executive of payroll, HR and managed services provider Zellis has written a letter to a British newspaper urging the UK Chancellor to take action to forestall a full cost of living crisis. The letter ran in the Financial Times on March 28.

In his letter John Petter wrote, “Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement which changes national insurance thresholds (“Sunak banks windfall for pre-election tax cut as cost of living crisis hits home”, Report, March 24) is welcome, but to avoid a full-scale cost of living crisis the changes need to be enacted now. 

“The statement claims they cannot take effect until July to allow payroll software providers and employers to implement the changes.”

Mr Petter continues, “We are the leading payroll software provider in the UK, with one in six people paid through our software, and we can confirm that this change can be made in hours, and can and should come into effect for the start of the new tax year on April 6. Please do not use the payroll industry as the reason for delay when it’s not necessary. Let’s help people now.”

Zellis tweeted a picture of the page featuring the letter to followers.

Source: Financial Times

(Quotes via original reporting)