Today, Friday 24th June 2016, is a monumental day in the course of our countries journey towards the future. As a nation we have taken the first step along a new path. We did not all vote in favour of taking this new step and the UK is almost evenly split on the issue. Regardless [...]
HMRC have published an amendment to Clause 14 of the Finance Bill 2016 to correct the error that they originally made whereby the umbrella company test of Supervision Direction and Control (SDC) was effectively replaced by an assessment of wider employment status issues. Crucially, this change is being applied retrospectively and backdated to 6th [...]
So HMRC’s latest consultation proposal is hot off the press (published on 26th May) and is looking to change the way IR35 works as far as the “public sector” goes. Please bear in mind that this is only the consultation document, so it will more than likely have an abundance of changes during the consultation [...]
Travel & Subsistence Expenses (yet another unexpected twist!) So last week (24/03/16) we saw the publication of the Finance Bill 2016 which contains within it the various changes that will be made to tax law that will impact upon the ability of workers operating via employment intermediaries to claim tax relief on travel and [...]
As you’re no doubt aware, George Osborne gave us his 8th budget yesterday afternoon. Nothing new to report on the Travel & Subsistence (T&S) side of things; as expected the changes are going ahead as planned and restrictions on access to T&S for workers engaged via an employment intermediary will begin on 6th April [...]
Change presents opportunity…and it’s fair to say that several of my competitors have introduced new types of payroll solutions in light of the up-coming legislation changes in an attempt to “cash in” on that opportunity. Since they’re my competitors, you’ll forgive me if my review of these new solutions isn’t overly positive…but I’ll do my [...]
We held a successful seminar on Friday 15th January 2016, at One Churchill Place (Barclays Global HQ) with a guest speaker from HMRC in attendance. Covering the latest scornful legislation to affect the contracting sector: “Employment Intermediaries and Tax Relief for Travel and Subsistence”. There was an array of personnel from the recruitment industry [...]
As we found out at Osborne’s Autumn Statement on 25th November, the government are pushing forward with their proposals to restrict tax relief on travel and subsistence for workers engaged through an employment intermediary; the definition of which encompasses umbrella companies, recruitment agencies and personal service companies (PSC). Whilst this announcement was little more than [...]
The following was submitted to HMRC on 30th September 2015 Summary Comments Liberty Bishop Contractor Services Limited is opposed to HMRC’s proposals contained within the consultation document. We do not believe that the proposal to reduce the question of eligibility for T&S tax relief to the singular test of “supervision, direction, and control” (SDC) will [...]
I trust by now you are aware (if you keep up to date with our blogs) that Liberty Bishop supports 2 charities one of these being CCHS Support Group UK. We aim to help raise much needed awareness about CCHS and of course as much funds as possible. Thus far we have held a charity [...]