A question for all Agencies that use Payroll Providers/Umbrella Co. etc. to payroll their workers - Would you want your workers to be contacted DIRECTLY by the Payroll Provider that you outsource to? The answer would be along these lines…. technically they could do, because under the workers overarching contract of employment that they have with the Umbrella, the Umbrella is their Employer, however, by contacting your workers directly and offering them such solutions post April 2016, this could … [Read more...]
Travel and subsistence expenses changes from April 2016
Following on from yesterday’s Finance Bill 2016, we now know that the Government has ignored the widespread warnings issued by industry bodies and has pushed ahead with its plans to cut travel and subsistence expenses for contractors, from April 2016, which, were as we expected. The main changes are as follows: • T&S expenses will not qualify for tax relief on “ordinary commuting” type expenses where an intermediary is involved unless the worker is not subject to (or the right of) … [Read more...]