Useful Information For Agencies & Contractors
Please find below some useful information and guides that you may require, whilst you or your contractor are being payrolled through ePayMe.
ePayMe’s Guide to SDC
Since the Government changed the travel & subsistence expense rules for agency and umbrella workers in the last finance bill, tax relief has been restricted. Workers are still able to get tax relief on his/her travel and subsistence costs if it can be shown that the worker is not under the supervision, direction or control (SDC).
To help you determine what is SDC and if you fall inside or outside, we have put together this handy guide.
CLICK HERE – To view ePayMe’s guide to SDC
ePayMe’s Compliance Health Check
As a compliant Outsourced Payroll Provider, ePayMe pride ourselves on compliancy, as we know that it is all too easy for Recruiters to fall into the trap of just using any Umbrella Company based on what they say they can offer – which isn’t always compliant.
If you, as a Recruitment Agency, use a non-compliant company, then you could leave yourselves wide open to financial penalties from the debt transfer legislation, which could be very costly indeed. So why put yourself at risk?
To help you as a Recruiter, ePayMe have put together a quick checklist that will aid you in your due diligence when choosing your preferred suppliers (PSL).
CLICK HERE – To view ePayMe’s Compliance Health Check
‘Right to Work’ documents
Every employer has an obligation to ensure that their employees have a legal Right to Work in the UK, which cannot be confirmed without making the necessary identification and evidence of their status checks. Failure to determine an employee’s right to work, could result in penalties of up to £20,000 per illegal worker employed!
The Government have come up with an ‘Employers Guide’ of acceptable Right to Work documents.
CLICK HERE – To view Gov.uk right to right employers guide
How Does An Umbrella Company Work
An Umbrella Company like ePayMe acts as an employer to contractors, who are working within a fixed term contract, more commonly through a recruitment agency. Employees will gain employee status with the Umbrella Company, taking the pressures of payroll paperwork and administration away from the contractor.
Click Here to Find Out More Information About Umbrella Companies
CIPP PQP Accredited
ePayMe have achieved the Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) accreditation presented by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP). This accreditation is awarded to organisations in a range of sectors who wish to achieve “best practice in the development of payroll people”. Ensuring that ePayMe are maintaining this professional working business approach by enhancing and continually developing the payroll knowledge and skills within the business, allowing us to offer the best service at all times to our contractors and agencies.
Website: https://www.cipp.org.uk/join-cipp/pas/accredited-organisations.html
NEST – National Employment Savings Trust
“NEST is a qualifying pension scheme established by law to support the introduction of automatic enrolment. NEST is an easy to use online pension scheme that puts savers in control. It’s easy for members of NEST to find out what’s happening with their account.” – www.nestpensions.org.uk
Website: http://www.nestpensions.org.uk
Phone: 0300 020 0090
HMRC – HM Revenue and Customs
“HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is much more than ‘the Tax man’. As well as collecting Tax, HMRC administer benefit payments, help to protect national interests and carry out the fascinating, wide ranging work that helps to keep Britain in the black. HMRC pay out Tax credits and check travellers aren’t bringing anything into the country that they shouldn’t. In fact, almost everyone comes into contact with HMRC at some point, which makes customer service central to everything HMRC do.” – www.hmrc.gov.uk
Website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
Phone: 0300 200 3300
ePayMe PAYE Reference No: 577/SA48053