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Travel and Subsistence - Ltd Co vs "Large Consultancies"
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Originally posted by Danglekt View Postdefine "our staff"
You get into Employer NI, minimum wage, contract of employment etc. with that arguement, and I doubt most of can be considered employees or staff in that context.Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostAnd that's just summed up the problem with HMRC's thinking on this - this loophole will be picked apart before you can say tax
So getting back to the original question, who has decided that this paragraph means consultancies are exempt? Is there any analysis online, other than a link to the proposal itself?Comment
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Originally posted by meridian View PostAh, thanks.
So getting back to the original question, who has decided that this paragraph means consultancies are exempt? Is there any analysis online, other than a link to the proposal itself?
"For the purposes of these proposals employment intermediaries will be defined, in part, as a business primarily in the supply of labour services. As such the definition will not include professional service firms that second staff to clients as their business is not primarily in the supply of labour" Beyond this I don't believe there is a definition of a professional service firm although KPMG style themselves as such.
At the end of the consultation document there is a glossary which defines an Employment Business:
"An Employment Business (also known as an Employment Agency) provides staff who do not become employed by the hirer, but who are seconded or supplied to a client employer"
This means that there will now be arguments over the true meaning of seconded as it is used twice in the same document in conjunction with two different business models. As it will be in an employment business' interest to act as a professional service company (according to the definitions above) I would imagine there are a number of lawyers currently rubbing their hands with gleeComment
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