Compliance Assurance for Established Businesses

We recognise and understand the specific nuances of the tax and legal requirements surrounding the UK contracting workforce.

By collaborating with each stakeholder across the entire labour supply chain, from the end client, recruitment agency / MSP through to payroll providers, we can ensure all parties understand their respective obligations and operate in a genuinely compliant manner ongoing.

Accessing a proven framework, our team works with you to determine the scope of your audit and provide a bespoke approach to suit your needs.

The legislative landscape for contingent workforce supply chains is complex and ever-changing.

We are here to help you understand and mitigate the risks so your business can go from strenth-to-strength, safe in the knowledge you are meeting your compliance obligations.

Of particular note is MSC legislation which was was introduced in April 2007 to counteract the growing number of composite companies which existed at the time. The Onshore Intermediaries Legislation is also critical, it was introduced in 2014 and ruled that should a worker be deemed an employee, their agency will be responsible for deducting the PAYE and NIC, from all the income earned by the worker.

On 6th April 2016 the Government introduced new legislation which imposed restrictions on a worker’s ability to get tax relief at source on his/her travel and subsistence costs.

For T&S to be payable, the worker should not under the supervision, direction or control (SDC) of either the client, the agency or an intermediary in the way he/she carries out work.

This legislation affects all agency and umbrella workers. Those working through personal services companies (PSCs) are not affected providing they fall outside of IR35. HMRC has stated that it will assume that all agency and umbrella workers are subject to SDC unless the agency or umbrella company has gathered evidence to the contrary.