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16 December 2019

The First Tier Tribunal has fired another shot across HMRC’s bows in the latest IR35 case, which underlines the importance of Mutuality of Obligation, ‘control’ and completing the HMRC CEST tool carefully and accurately, as it could be open to challenge.

25 October 2019

When considering the tax treatment of a payment in relation to the termination of employment, for many the tax exempt figure of £30,000 immediately comes to mind. However, it is not that simple, as it cannot be assumed that it automatically applies. Furthermore, the NIC rules affecting termination payments are changing from 6 April 2020, which could result in additional complexities and costs for employers.

19 October 2019

HMRC recently published guidance on the new IR35 rules from April 2020 but there was nothing practical in that on how to deal with payments to contractors where they are deemed employees. So how can employers prepare for April 2020?

27 September 2019

Many employers provide employees with fuel for their company cars but apply special employment tax rules which reduce any car fuel benefit arising to nil. This is an area where problems can arise, usually because of misunderstandings about the definition of business travel or because of an absence of records. Do you understand the rules?

30 July 2019

The legislative changes for off-payroll workers in the private sector will not apply to client end users who are small companies. For those, the current legalisation in Chapter 8 of ITEPA 2003 remains applicable. The size of the company (and in the case of a parent company, the size of the group headed by it) in terms of its turnover, balance sheet total and average number of employees determines whether it is classed as small.

30 July 2019

The transfer of liability provisions will form part of the new IR35 rules from 6 April 2020. Under the new IR35 rules, the liability for the tax, NIC, and (potentially) Apprenticeship Levy due under PAYE where IR35 applies, will pass down the labour supply chain as each party satisfies its obligations.

HMRC can potentially transfer those liabilities to an agency at the top of the labour supply chain or to the end-client, where there is non-compliance further down the labour supply chain and it is not possible for HMRC to collect the amounts due from the offending party.

30 July 2019

The draft legislation also confirms that end users of services via intermediaries, such as Personal Service Companies (PSC), will be required to make status determinations and pass these to both the worker and the fee payer.

Also, the end user client will be required to set up and lead a status disagreement process, which will increase the administrative burden for businesses.

The Government has confirmed that it intends to reform the off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) from 6 April 2020. This change will impact the estimated 20,000 recruitment agencies who provide off-payroll workers via intermediaries, such as personal service companies (PSCs), to medium and large businesses in the private sector and to the public sector.

30 July 2019

The Government believes the legislative changes will impact 170,000 individuals working through their own intermediary, such as a PSC. For these individuals, the deduction of tax and NI at source will have cash flow implications and, therefore, needs to be planned for.

From 6 April 2020, off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) will be reformed. This change impacts around 60,000 engager organisations, predominantly medium and large-sized businesses, outside the public sector that engage with individuals through personal service companies (PSCs).