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What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.
Communication providers are upgrading the technology they use to provide landline and telephone services with a fully digital network. As part of this upgrade, the existing network called the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) will be withdrawn.
If your business pays the cost of an employee's home phone - what you must report to HMRC and what taxes and National Insurance are due
As an employer paying your employees’ home phone expenses, you have…
You don’t have to report anything or deduct and pay PAYE tax or National…
If telephone expenses aren’t exempt, you must report them to HMRC and may…
The value to use depends on who arranges the employee’s telephone line. If…
The following guides contain more detailed information: telephone charges…
Information for landline customers about how their provider will migrate their devices and services from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital technologies.
How to tax company mobile phones given to employees.
Check a list of recent phone contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a phone call you've received is a scam.
Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.
Phone-paid Services Authority was the UK regulator for content, goods and services charged to a phone-bill.
Your mobile phone or tablet may get an emergency alert if there’s a danger to life nearby. Alerts will tell you what you need to do to stay safe.
Call costs for 0800, 0808, 0845, 0870, 03 and other phone numbers from UK landlines and mobiles.
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