In the Budget 2016 George Osborne announced that as from April 2017 it will be the duty of the Public Sector to make sure Personal Service Companies and Intermediaries pay the correct tax.
The government announced at Budget 2016 that it will reform the intermediaries legislation (known as IR35) for public sector engagements. It will do this by moving the liability to pay the correct employment taxes from the worker’s own company to the public sector body or agency / third party paying the company. In partnership with stakeholders, HM Revenue and Customs will develop a new tool that will make the decision on whether or not the rules should apply as simple as possible and provide certainty. A formal consultation will be published later. [Technical Note]
The organisations checking intermediaries will include:
- Government departments, legislative bodies, armed forces
- Local government
- NHS
- Schools and further and higher education institutions
- Police
- The British Museum, BBC, Channel 4
- Transport for London
- Publically owned bodies
It will be the engagers duty calculate the deemed employment income.
Here are 3 examples…
Will this lead to higher taxes for contractors? will they be converted to employees?
