Overview Off-payroll working rules change on 6 April 2020 and are applied differently. From this date, all public authorities and medium and large sized clients will be responsible for deciding the employment status of workers. Who the rules apply to Some rules already apply to all public sector clients, but from 6 April 2020 medium and large-sized private sector clients also need to apply them. The private sector includes third sector organisations, such as some charities.The rules apply … [Read more...]
IR35 Guidance – Understanding off-payroll working
The off-payroll working rules The off-payroll working rules can apply if a worker provides their services through an intermediary.An intermediary will usually be the worker’s own personal service company. They could also be a partnership, a managed service company, or an individual.The rules make sure that workers, who would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly to the client, pay broadly the same tax and National Insurance contributions as … [Read more...]
ePayMe expands leadership team with Martin Wilding joining as COO
ePayMe, the leading outsourced payroll services provider for the recruitment industry, has hired Martin Wilding as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer to oversee daily operations of the company and the work of all related teams.Martin began his career in the insurance industry as an Independent Financial Adviser. After 10 years as an adviser, he joined the Metropolitan Police Service, where he spent 12 years, including terms as an armed officer for the Diplomatic Protection Group, … [Read more...]
Are you inadvertently breaking the law over bribery and incentives?
Bribery, corruption and tax avoidance: Martin Wilding, COO at ePayMe, outlines how contractors, recruitment agencies and services providers could be inadvertently breaking the law.Al Capone, the notorious Chicago gangster of the Roaring Twenties, died in Alcatraz in 1947, after 15 years in jail. But he wasn’t sent to the slammer for organising dozens of murders or breaking the US laws against distributing alcohol. He was jailed for tax evasion.Why should contractors, recruitment … [Read more...]
CIPP Accredited Payroll provider ePayMe recognised under PAS.
ePayMe, the leading outsourced payroll services provider for the recruitment industry, is affirming its commitment to best practice having been awarded accreditation under the Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS), operated by industry body the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).ePayMe’s PAS accreditation follows hot on the heels of the news that it has achieved Approved Supplier status under employment industry recognition scheme, Professional Passport, and that it has become an … [Read more...]
Consultants taking incentives, be warned: HMRC are coming for you!
Last week we shared important information surrounding incentives given to recruitment consultants https://www.epayme.co.uk/your-provider-may-giveth-but-hmrc-may-taketh-away/FCSA have recently published information regarding the HM Revenue & Customs investigating recruitment consultants, and made the following statement ‘Recruitment agencies please beware! Last week some recruitment consultants starting receiving bills from HMRC for unpaid tax on incentive payments. It seems that the … [Read more...]
Just when I thought I was OUT, they pull me back in
With ongoing research by many commentators showing that contractor’s confidence in HMRC’s IR35 CEST (Check Employment Status Test) tool is low, questions are now turning to whether the tool is now even fit for purpose. This is especially prevalent with the governments supposed determination to implement these changes to the private sector.The CEST tool is used by contractors’ and Public Sector Authorities to accurately assess and determine an engagement’s IR35 status. Provided the … [Read more...]
To Prefer or not To Prefer…. That is the question
Whilst many Recruitment Agencies utilise a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) of umbrella companies and contractor accountants, how sure can stakeholders of an agency be that this is being enforced by their workforce?Unfortunately, not everyone plays fair and with the introduction of various pieces of legislation in the past few years, the need for an agency and its directors to protect itself has never been greater. The new Criminal Finance Act especially includes the corporate offence which … [Read more...]
Your Provider May Giveth but HMRC May Taketh Away!
Only last week we heard that several recruitment consultants had received tax demands from HMRC relating to unpaid tax on incentive payments received from one or more umbrella companies. If recruitment agency staff accept monies, vouchers and other types of benefit from umbrella providers, they should be declaring this as taxable income.The Government is taking this issue seriously and the actions being taken within the next two years will highlight not just taxation but also the UK’s … [Read more...]
Strap yourself in for another eventful year!
First of all, as this is our first post of 2018, a Happy New Year to all our followers and readers! Whatever you did over the break, we hope you managed to relax, have fun and recharge the batteries.Get ready for another 12 months of turbulence and change!So, after the roller-coaster ride of 2017, what can we expect from 2018? In these crazy times, it’s impossible to make any firm predictions about anything – even on who will be running the country by the end of the year or where we’ll … [Read more...]