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- Tax rules for temporary workers under scrutiny...
Monday 30 November 2009 -
Dains, Midlands based Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers are warning employers that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is set to investigate the alleged misuse of tax concessions for temporary workers.
The department has published a business brief on the way that tax, National Insurance (NI) and minimum wage rules are applied to temporary staff, following concerns that some are being used unfairly or illegally.
Andy McQuillan, Tax Partner at Dains said “There is particular concern over the scheme which allows temporary staff to claim tax relief on travel and subsistence, as it is suspected some employment agencies may be misusing the concessions”.
Examples included wrongly applied exemptions, expense claims incorrectly made tax free, illegal deductions from workers’ pay and breaches of the national minimum wage. HMRC believes that such schemes are often marketed to workers as representing a tax and NI saving for them, when the major beneficiary was in fact the recruitment agency.
HMRC has warned that it will investigate and challenge employment businesses and umbrella companies which do not fully comply with their statutory obligations.
For more information please contact Andy McQuillan on tel: 0845 555 8844 or email tax@dains.com
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