A warning to anyone who is in business.
I have noticed an increase in emails I have been receiving which say they are remittance advices. The emails have an attachment but be cautious about opening the attachment particularly if the email is from an unknown customer. The attachment is likely to be malware/virus.
I've received 2 this morning in both cases attaching a xls spreadsheet file. I deleted them as they were not from anyone I know and had gone straight into the spam folder.
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Does this include monkey business?
A warning to anyone who is in business.
I have noticed an increase in emails I have been receiving which say they are remittance advices. The emails have an attachment but be cautious about opening the attachment particularly if the email is from an unknown customer. The attachment is likely to be malware/virus.
I've received 2 this morning in both cases attaching a xls spreadsheet file. I deleted them as they were not from anyone I know and had gone straight into the spam folder.
I have received quite a few, but I always ignore and log in to HMRC to check.
Out of interest El, do you do payroll for any of your clients? I was just wondering if you did, had you had any come backs from the returns from April this year?
I'm not in a business, but even so, anything I get that I'm not expecting, or don't know about, I check up on 
C'mon the 'monkey business' comment was a good one 
Cinds, I do run payrolls for some of my clients but only monthly ones. I wouldn't want to be having to run payrolls every week of the year as that's too much commitment to make as I don't have staff to do them if I'm not around.
It also makes dealing with RTI reports to HMRC a lot less hassle. As a result I've had no comeback from HMRC for the returns.
The only "generic notification" I've had from HMRC was when a client had paid the PAYE/NI for a month on the 23rd of the following month, missing the deadline by 1 day. No penalty for that as the first time.
