Following recent news that Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) is finalising plans to extend off-payroll rules to the private sector – and is likely to announce these changes in October’s Budget – Tania Bowers, General Counsel at APSCo commented:
“We are extremely disappointed that HMT appear determined to discount the advice of APSCo, and
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The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has welcomed the announcement that the government will consult on how to best tackle non-compliance in the private sector, rather than automatically extending public sector reforms around off-payroll working as some feared.
This follows months of lobbying on behalf of members and the publication
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In the same week that new IR35 legislation came into effect in the public sector, contracting and contractors expert Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of ContractorCalculator has suggested that HMRC’s IR35 status tool could be facilitating tax avoidance. This is based on the analysis of over 558 results that contractors have obtained
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On the day that new IR35 legislation came into effect in the public sector, contracting expert Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of Contractor Calculator says that some locum doctors who work as husband and wife teams will need a 50% pay increase to earn the same after the new taxes have been
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The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has responded to the publication of long-awaited final legislation on off-payroll working in the public sector.
From next month, public sector end clients will be responsible for determining the status of a contractor’s assignment to supply services through a Personal Services Company (PSC) or
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Lobbying efforts for a statutory obligation on the end client pay off with IR35 changes
The Government published its draft legislation on off payroll arrangements in the public sector as part of The Finance Bill on Monday. Having taken the time to go through the legislation in detail, Tania Bowers, General
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The Government published its draft legislation on ‘off payroll’ arrangements (IR35) in the public sector as part of The Finance Bill on Monday. Having taken the time to go through the legislation in detail, Tania Bowers, General Counsel at The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) says:
Lobbying win
“While the draft
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The UK is in danger of moving from being one of most flexible – to one of most inflexible labour markets in the world; a disaster for the public sector, says APSCo.
Responding to the Autumn Statement, Samantha Hurley, Operations Director at The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) comments:
On IR35 Restriction:
“The Government has announced
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