Employment Tax Services
We specialise in PAYE and National Insurance Contributions (NIC) employer/employee issues dealing with employment tax matters, including identifying areas where tax and NIC can be mitigated.
Employment Status
Advice on employment status of individuals engaged to provide services as sole trader, including dealing with status challenges by HMRC with successful outcomes.
Off-payroll Working Rules to including IR35
Working with clients, both workers working through their own limited companies and end clients/intermediaries, on off-payroll legislation since April 2014.
Working on the Off-Payroll Working Rules/IR35 within the public sector since April 2017 and with private sector companies for rules effective 6 April 2021. Also providing advice to workers in respect of IR35, including comprehensive reviews and advice in respect of contract/agreements for services.
PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA)
Advising employers how to apply for and set up a PSA, what may be included, reviewing expenses data to ensure correct taxable expenses only are included, calculating the tax and NIC due, carrying out reviews and revisions to existing PSA agreements.
Forms P11D
Consultancy advice and assistance with completion of forms P11D and P11D(b).
Compliance Reviews and Dispute Resolution
Assisting with HMRC compliance reviews and disclosure matters, negotiating favourable settlements with HMRC resulting in minimum or no penalties being applied. Carrying out proactive (former PAYE/NIC Health Checks) and mock PAYE compliance reviews providing comprehensive reports with technical advice. Obtaining HMRC agreement to waive penalty charges for late/nil PAYE returns.
Expenses Policies and Procedures
Reviewing and drafting policy and procedure manuals and guideline documents and identifying shortcomings where appropriate, making recommendations for changes to policies and procedures.
Termination Payments
Providing proactive advice to companies on termination and ex-gratia payments, reviewing Compromise Agreements, and negotiating settlements with HMRC. Advice to individuals in receipt of settlements, including how to report on self-assessment Tax Returns and dealing with disputes where incorrect treatment of PAYE/NIC applied.
Contractor Loans
Contractor loan schemes have been used by employers/individuals in an attempt to reduce the amount of tax and National Insurance Contributions they are to pay.
Some individuals were not aware of any loan arrangement others who were, were given assurances the loans would not have to be repaid. HMRC consider the money to be ‘disguised remuneration’ and in their view taxable and so the ‘loan charge’ was introduced.
With years of experience, we offer a service to clients in respect of contractor loans, providing support and assistance in settling any claims by HMRC.
Experienced Employment Tax Specialists
We have many years of experience gained working for HMRC, Big 4 and top 6 firms of accountants and a specialist ‘boutique’ tax consultancy. We have worked with all levels of employers providing regular compliance advice as well as consultancy advice on complex employer/employee issues to large multi-national corporates to small and medium sized businesses, as well as Personal Service Companies with one director/employee.
Since 2009 we have run a successful practice bringing to our clients the experience and knowledge, providing good solid advice at extremely competitive rates.
We specialise in PAYE and National Insurance Contributions issues dealing with employment tax issues and we are able to identify areas where tax and NIC can be mitigated.
