Yesterday the government announced tax changes to fund £12 billion a year to be spent on the NHS and social care across the UK. National Insurance contributions (NICs) will increase by 1.25% for one year only for employees, employers and the self-employed from April 2022. This will cover both Class 1 (employee and employer), Class…
Contractor’s Question: I retired to France in 2020 having been an IT contractor for several years. However I am now being invited to work for a UK company remotely. I am registered for French tax but am not yet up to speed on the post Brexit situation. I’m not intending to set up companies to handle this –…
We’re delighted to share with you our presentation, which contains information on Global Tax Aspects for Contractors. We hope you will find this information useful. Please follow the link to download. Here’s what you can learn: – Double Tax Treaties – IR35 and the UK Off-Payroll Rules – international aspects – Not just one but…
The impending Off-Payroll Rules expected to come into force on the 6th April 2020 (subsequently postponed for one year to 6th April 2021) have caused concern and fear in the contracting sector. The volume of comment on the implications has been tremendous. However, there has been very little said on how these changes may affect…
We’re delighted to share with you the presentation, which contains answers to frequently asked questions on BREXIT. We hope you will find this information useful. Please follow the link to download.
British businesses that export goods or services to the Continent are reportedly being encouraged by UK government trade advisers to set up separate companies inside the EU in order to get around extra charges, paperwork and taxes resulting from Brexit. Maybe time to set up a European subsidiary? Or use us to bill? Setting up…
We are receiving prospects from our recruitment partners for British nationals to take positions in the EU/EEA. We have to tell these candidates that they need a work permit, assuming that they had not registered before the Transition Period ended on 31st December 2020. Unfortunately, this leads to disappointment from the candidate and you lose a…
A newly appointed Compliance Manager was tasked with getting the recruitment company ready for a trade sale. Management was concerned about any hidden risks that could deflate the price a buyer would pay. The Compliance Manager asked us in to advise the Compliance Manager how we could design ourselves our of the contract chain. We…
A client was trying to place contractors in Sweden. What they found was that the net retentions were so low that contractors could not afford to take the assignment and end up paying the employer’s social charges in Sweden of a little over a 30% plus having to meet dual housekeeping costs in Sweden, as…
A UK recruiter approached us. They had a problem with a Swiss client where they had placed permanent staff. The problem was that the Swiss client was refusing to pay the UK businesses’ placement fees. The client argued that, under Swiss law, consorting with a non-swiss recruitment business was contrary to the law, and the…