HMRC has confirmed that the reporting requirement to provide more detailed employees’ hours data through PAYE RTI returns will not go ahead from April 2025 as planned.

A government spokesperson told Accountancy Daily: ‘We are reviewing the proposed changes and timelines, and will provide a further update following this work.’

The original proposals put forward by the Conservatives in July 2022 would have seen a mandatory reporting requirement to disclose exact working hours of staff as well as detailed information on the amount of dividends paid to directors from 6 April 2025.