MPPC Employer Consultation Sub-Group

Terms of Reference

  • The name of the main group is Employment Consultation Forum.
  • The MPPC and Carter PAYE Consultative Forum will consist of and consult nominees of employers, agents and payroll software developer representatives.
  • A senior official will chair this consultative forum. Nominees from across HMRC will also attend meetings as dictated by the agenda. Individual Customer Unit will attend in order to address issues affecting employees.

The Sub-Group meetings will enable:

  • HMRC to explain and explore implications of potential changes to policies, products and processes that impact on employers and employment issues in relation to the online filing of in-year data and the modernisation of PAYE processes.
  • HMRC to consider initiatives which support improvements to the quality of data provided by employers or employees.
  • Employer representatives, agents and software developers to additionally raise and discuss issues with the current (or proposed changes to) PAYE processes that have the potential to impact on the successful delivery of MPPC and/or online filing of in-year PAYE data.

The Consultative Forum will normally meet on a quarterly basis, but where appropriate will discuss and decide on issues by email between formal meetings. Exceptionally, additional meetings at short notice may be called to discuss urgent matters.

Other Government Departments may be invited when their potential changes to products and processes are identified as having an impact on the relevant employers’ payroll operations.

The secretary of the MPPC and Carter Consultative Forum will:

  • Compile agenda items from suggestions by both internal HMRC and external representatives.
  • Record and circulate the minutes to representatives.
  • Chase up action points, record progress and advise representatives of outcome in a status table produced on the next meeting’s agenda.
  • liaise with secretaries of other consultation for a to ensure issues are discussed in the most suitable forum, and thus to avoid duplication

The Consultative Forum will publish, on the Internet Terms of Reference, minutes of meetings and a list of representatives together with the name of the organisation they represent.

Members September 2007

British Chamber of Commerce (BCC)

Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)

Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA)

Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP)

Public Sector Payroll Group (PSPG)

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)

Electronic Exchange User Group (IREEN)

British Computer Society (BCS)

Payroll Alliance

Associate of Chartered and Certified Accountants