{"id":2109,"date":"2015-08-06T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2015-08-04T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:02:24","slug":"small-firms-gear-up-for-auto-enrolment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/small-firms-gear-up-for-auto-enrolment\/","title":{"rendered":"Small firms gear up for auto-enrolment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Small businesses employing 40-49 workers will begin complying with their auto-enrolment duties from 1 August.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The dates when businesses begin complying with auto-enrolment are known as staging dates. From this date employers are required to have enrolled employees onto a workplace pension scheme, written to staff members and signed the declaration of compliance.<\/p>\n<p>The staging dates over the next 3 months are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 August<\/strong>: firms with 40-49 workers<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 September<\/strong>: businesses with less than 30 employees whose employer PAYE reference number ends in BY<\/li>\n<li><strong>1 October<\/strong>: firms employing 30-39 employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The staging process for small and micro firms will last until April 2017. For businesses employing less than 30 employees, staging dates will depend on the last 2 characters of employers&#8217; PAYE reference number.<\/p>\n<p>Figures from the Pensions Regulator show that around 769,000 small and micro businesses will pass their staging dates by April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>John Allan, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said that auto-enrolment will present &#8220;major challenges&#8221; for small businesses:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Awareness of the impending changes has picked up, but many have still yet to put into place plans to meet their duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>We can help you prepare for auto-enrolment, call our Manchester accounting team on 0161 832 4451 or email us on <a href=\"mailto:info@jackross.co.uk\">info@jackross.co.uk.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small businesses employing 40-49 workers will begin complying with their auto-enrolment duties from 1 August. The dates when businesses begin complying with auto-enrolment are known as staging dates. From this date employers are required to have enrolled employees onto a workplace pension scheme, written to staff members and signed the declaration of compliance. 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