NHS boss: Tax bills could mean ‘loss of 60 doctors’
Source: BBC A major NHS trust could lose the equivalent of 60 consultants because of doctors’ refusal to work overtime, its chief executive fears. Dr David Rosser, of University Hospitals […]
Maximise your earnings for 18/19 with our end of year tax tips
Source: Competex As the end of the 2018/19 tax year approaches, it is worthwhile taking time for some last-minute tax planning. Here are some simple tips that may save you […]
12 Tax Saving Tips for Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]
Source: Competex As a small business owner, there are many ways to save tax and become even more profitable in your business. However, with so much to do in your […]
CEST exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable as ContractorCalculator re-tests evidence
Source: ContractorCalculator HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable, after a comprehensive re-testing of HMRC’s CEST test data obtained under FOI […]
Employer supported childcare schemes will close to new applicants from 5 October 2018
Source: Competex Do you currently incur child care costs? If so you should be aware that employer supported childcare schemes will close to new applicants from 5 October 2018. These include […]
Businesses to face cost hikes and skills shortages if new Off-Payroll tax hits the private sector
Source: ContractorCalculator Increasing costs, shrinking talent pools, reduced flexibility and legal challenges to status assessments are among the hurdles that firms are expected to have to navigate if the Off-Payroll […]
ContractorCalculator debunks HMRC’s claims on success of IR35 reforms
Source: Contractor Calculator Contracting expert Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of ContractorCalculator today shot down in flames claims published by HMRC into the apparent success of the Off-Payroll Reforms which […]
‘Off-Payroll Working’ in the private sector – consultation just released
Source: Contractor Calculator HMRC has today announced its consultation on off-payroll in the private sector: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-consult-on-tax-avoidance-in-the-private-sector The consultation comes one day after an IT contractor successfully won his appeal against […]
FOI investigation into HMRC’s digital tool CEST reveals thousands of contractors have been wrongly taxed
Source: Contractor Calculator An FOI investigation indicates that 54% of assessments carried out by HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool obtained a “IR35 does not apply” result. This […]
The devastating impact of IR35 on business and the UK economy
Source: Julia Kermode, FCSA April 6th 2017 might have been just another date at the start of another new tax year but for many in the public sector it has […]