One month to go until the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) and HMRC says it is escalating the publicity campaign to reach as many employers as possible.

With a limited budget to promote the radical overhaul of the PAYE system, the taxman is resorting to Twitter to scoop up as many employers as possible who are still unaware of the impending changes.

HMRC is running a week-long Twitter Q&A offering interactive support on RTI from 11 to 15 March. HMRC experts will be on hand to offer help and support - to take part or ask a question, follow @HMRCgovuk on Twitter and use hashtag #RTIqa.

From April, employers will be required to implement RTI, which means they will have report each time they pay their employees, rather than annually.

But tax bodies have criticised the rollout, saying that there are significant concerns about employer awareness of RTI and the bureaucratic burden for many smaller employers.

'We think the government needs to redouble efforts to publicise what employers need to do to fulfil their obligations under RTI,' said Colin Ben-Nathan, chair of CIOT's employment taxes committee.

For more analysis and technical commentary on RTI, read Preparing for RTI and RTI: what the experts say