Tax
Pensions: NHS doctors to set accrual level to tackle tax crisis
Senior doctors and surgeons will be able to set the level of pension accrual each year to allow them to...
Consultation launched to remedy NHS pension tax crisis
Senior NHS employees are to be consulted over whether NHS pensions should be altered to allow GPs and clinicians to take on extra work without having to pay higher tax bills.
Off-payroll working: How IR35 rules affect the private sector
Despite problems with IR35 'off-payroll' rules in the public sector, HMRC has confirmed that from April 2020 the private sector will be subject to the new tax regulations. How should businesses prepare?
IR35: HMRC publishes private sector tax rules
Organisations have just nine months to prepare for changes to off-payroll working rules, which are being extended to the private...
Boris Johnson pledges to ‘fix’ pension tax allowance rules
Tory leadership front runner Boris Johnson has vowed to “fix” the pension rules that have led to NHS consultants finding...
IR35: Will the private sector learn the hard way?
Aspects of the IR35 tax legislation have proved unpopular and many are anxious about its roll out for private sector organisations next year.
IR35: HMRC’s defence of status tool is like ‘climate change denial’
Campaigners have accused HM Revenue & Customs of acting in a manner “akin to climate change denial” in its defence...
NHS consultants ‘better off’ working part-time
Senior doctors in the NHS are better off working part-time under new pension rules, the British Medical Association has warned....
HMRC intensifies crackdown on employee benefit trusts
HMRC has launched around 12,000 investigations into employee benefit trusts (EBTs) in the past five years, according to law firm...
IR35 in the private sector: what constitutes ‘reasonable care’?
The government has recently published a consultation paper with its proposals to extend off-payroll working rules to the private sector....
Lorraine Kelly defeats HMRC at IR35 tax tribunal
The television presenter Lorraine Kelly has defeated HMRC at an IR35 tax tribunal after successfully appealing a tax bill of...
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
HMRC reveals private sector off-payroll working changes
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has unveiled a series of reforms to off-payroll working in the private sector, following...
Nine New Year’s resolutions for HR
You may be eating more healthily, exercising more or doing dry January, but for HR professionals returning to work, legal...
2019 employment law: eight changes to look out for
Although Brexit dominates the news, there will be a number of important employment law developments in 2019. Clio Springer sets...
