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...]
Leading payroll solutions provider ePayMe gains Professional Passport accreditation and joins trade body APSCo
ePayMe, the leading outsourced payroll services provider for the recruitment industry, has been named an Approved Supplier by employment industry recognition scheme, Professional Passport, at the same time as becoming an affiliate member of APSCo, the international trade association for the recruitment industry.The Professional Passport accreditation scheme involves rigorous auditing of ePayMe’s service levels, in-house systems, work practices and staff training. Combined with the APSCo … [Read more...]
Six reasons to outsource your payroll with ePayMe.
You may be asking why you need to outsource your payroll. Well, payroll can be complicated and time-consuming and when it comes to taxes, payroll is named as the area businesses find most troublesome.We’ve compiled an insightful infographic listing six ways that outsourcing payroll to ePayMe can save your business time, money and headaches. These include;Timing savings It goes without saying that you would rather spend time doing profitable work instead of administrative tasks. … [Read more...]
EEA migration in the UK
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its final report on the current and likely future patterns of EEA migration and the impacts of that migration to provide an evidence base for the design of a new migration system in 2021.Proposals include changes to the Tier 2 visa system - removing the cap, widening the range of jobs permitted, and reducing bureaucracy. The proposals mean that the change would be less for medium-skilled workers than low-skilled workers and less still for … [Read more...]
New HMRC Spotlight on umbrella companies ‘does not go far enough’
Umbrella companies inspiring HMRC’s new ‘Spotlight’ publication – dedicated to schemes that avoid tax – has been endorsed by payroll company bosses themselves, albeit tentatively.In fact, far from disliking brollies being in a HMRC series on abusive arrangements, Contractor Umbrella says it is “useful,” CWC Solutions deems it overdue and the FCSA said it was "welcome.”HMRC putting beyond doubt that 80, 90 or 95% take-home pay is not tax-compliant; that brollies are “never HMRC-approved”, … [Read more...]
Help Alfie Beat Neuroblastoma is named as our Charity of the Year
We are thrilled to reveal that the results are in, votes for our Charity of the Year have been counted and we are pleased to announce that Help Alfie Beat Neuroblastoma is the official ePayMe Charity of the Year.Each quarter, we will donate a portion of our profits to this superb cause. A shortlist of worthy causes were originally selected by our staff members before being put to a public vote on our website and social media channels.The shortlist included many worthy causes close to the … [Read more...]
New IR35 rule ‘raises client risk to corporate evasion offence’
The private sector IR35 reform proposal threatens to expose clients to the new corporate criminal evasion offence if they fail to ensure PSCs pay the "right amount" of tax, a law firm is warning.Assuming the much-disliked IR35 reform plan is adopted, the September 2017 offence could catch engagers if the contractor is found evading tax, as opposed to avoiding it, cautioned Pinsent Masons.So rather than just simply applying a liberal interpretation of IR35 case law, the contractor could … [Read more...]
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is
Public sector nurses and social workers who have been encouraged by recruitment agencies to take their wages through suspected tax avoidance schemes are now in debt of tens of thousands of pounds following HMRC investigations.Employment agencies have been taking business from rivals by allowing workers to be paid through umbrella companies offering between an 80-90% take home pay.These tax schemes, which are usually registered in places like the Isle of Man or Malta, attract workers due … [Read more...]
Don’t settle for expecting the unexpected
With hundreds of provider’s advertising their wares within the Umbrella Payroll market space it is difficult for a contractor to compare all of the different figures that they are provided. Finding the right Umbrella Company is important as these will be the companies that ensure that a contractor is paid accurately and on time. Since the implementation of the IR35 changes in April 2017, the main grievance from contractors who have had to utilise an Umbrella Company’s services, has been that not … [Read more...]