RTI — What the experts say

Reform of PAYE is overdue but is the move to real time reporting the best way to revolutionise a sextagarian system. Rachel Fielding asks the experts

At almost 69 years old and by most people’s reckoning in serious need of a dose of botox, it was only a matter of time before the UK’s creaking PAYE system threatened to keep pace with demand for information at the touch of a button.

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