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  • When it comes to tax – can you trust what you’re being told?

    Posted on Friday, June 17, 2022 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    A great news article by Lawspeed regarding Managed Service Company (MSC) legislation and loan schemes... When it comes to tax - can you trust what you’re being told? - Lawspeed

  • House of Lords call for evidence on Off Payroll Rules

    Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2021 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    Do the new Off-Payroll rules (OP21) treat people fairly? House of Lords call for evidence on Off Payroll Rules, so have your say before 14th November see Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

  • "It’s shambolic"

    Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    Calamitous' HMRC blunder, 'Taxman regularly struggles to tell inside IR35 from outside', 'IR35 status morphed, almost overnight' & 'PGMOL decision imminent' Read more about HMRC blunder and the awaited PGMOL decision ( could this be the final whistle ) regarding MOO which if it doesn’t exist, then HMRC’s IR35 tool, CEST, would be fundamentally flawed and hundreds of thousands of IR35 decisions it ...

  • HMRC's CEST tool 'leaves 210,000 contractors in IR35 status limbo’

    Posted on Monday, June 28, 2021 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    New official CEST usage data is serving to leave the reputation of the HMRC tool in tatters – while also asking some questions of its own to other, industry-built online IR35 tests. Read more from ContractorUK

  • UK Adequacy decision approved for the UK

    Posted on Monday, June 28, 2021 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    The EU has today confirmed that an Adequacy Decision for the UK has been approved, this means that organisations based in the EU can transfer personal data to the UK without falling foul of the GDPR, or requiring additional safeguards to be in place.... .read more from Lawspeed

  • SoW on their own - a word of caution

    Posted on Friday, February 5, 2021 by Grant Paskins — No comments

    Statement of Works (SoWs) appear to be getting popular, especially when it comes to the implications and use under the new Off Payroll rules. But a few words of caution... ... using a SoW on its own and as the basis of contractual documentation for a Clients and PSC's Contract appears to be misunderstood. Without having a separate Terms of Business and Agreement between the parties in the supply ...

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    Ways to Improve Your Talent Management Strategy

    Posted on Friday, February 5, 2021 by Gary Smith — No comments

    The talent market is undergoing a huge overhaul. Economic changes, Brexit and the pandemic accelerating technological advancements, and the rise of a global workforce all affect businesses and, as a result, talent management strategy. Remote and on-demand work continues to increase – millions of British citizens now work remotely at least part of the time -- forcing companies of all sizes to ...

  • Ensuring your Contingent workforce is IR35 compliant.

    Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 by Gary Smith — No comments

    Evaluation of your current contractor processes will give you an indication of the IR35 status of your PSC workers, allowing you to consider any requirement for optimising your business processes for IR35 compliance. The following series of checks will help you gain a starting point to appraise your current situation and determine the procedures required to comply with the new IR35 rules. Taking ...

  • Are you prepared for the IR35 Rules Changes on the 6th April 2021?

    Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 by Gary Smith — No comments

    Are you prepared for the IR35 Rules Changes on the 6 th April 2021? The HM Revenue & Customs guidance is as follows: Are you prepared for changes to the off-payroll working rules (IR35) if you are a client receiving services from a worker through their intermediary? Off-payroll working rules change on 6 April 2021 and are applied differently. From this date, all public authorities and medium and ...