Legal challenges to IR35 public sector reforms seem inevitable
We conducted a survey of intermediaries who support 33,500 workers in public sector roles. Alarmingly, 50% of FCSA survey responses stated that no IR35 compliance tests had been carried out.
We welcome Recruitready as a new business partner
Recruitready has joined FCSA as a new business partner, affording members and agencies access to a wealth of recruitment specific services that will help them in their day-to-day business.
HMRC is pursuing unpaid tax on incentive payments
FCSA has heard that HMRC are pursuing unpaid tax on incentive payments – recruitment agencies please beware! Last week some recruitment consultants started receiving bills from HMRC for unpaid tax on incentive payments. It seems that the consultants received payment from one or more umbrellas and no tax was paid on this income, hence the…
Countdown to compliance: preparing for GDPR in the real world
Written by FCSA Business Partner, FreeAgent. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect next month, is your practice ready to be compliant? Richard Grey, Head of Information Security at award-winning accounting software provider, FreeAgent, explains how the company is getting ready for GDPR. Read the original article . While there’s a lot…
April brings with it a myriad of financial changes relevant to employers and other businesses
With increases in employment tribunal compensation limits, the NLW and other NMW amounts, read on for further details and to make sure you are in the know!
Supreme Court Casts Doubts Over the Future of the “Burchell” test in Unfair Dismissal Cases involving Misconduct.
Brabners LLP ask, “Is there now going to be a change to how those cases are dealt with by the courts?”.
The hassle-free way businesses can lock in the best savings rates – year in, year out
Written by FCSA Business Partner, Octopus Investments. US President Dwight Eisenhower liked to say he had two types of problems: the urgent and the important. “The urgent is never important, and the important is never urgent.” What he meant was, the truly important jobs get shoved down the list because they’re not urgent. And the…
Julia Kermode stands up for umbrellas and responds to Scottish Labour Leader calls to halt exploitative working practices
Julia Kermode has responded to calls by Scottish Labour party leader Richard Leonard MSP to halt exploitative working practices in the construction sector outlined in The Scotsman recently. Speaking in defence of the umbrella sector, Julia Kermode said: “The umbrella sector does not exist to exploit workers but to provide a valued service enabling workers…
New Tax Year 18/19 – what’s changing for small businesses?
Written by FCSA Business Partner, FreeAgent. A new tax year will be starting soon. What’s changing for your small business clients at the beginning of April 2018? Emily Coltman FCA, chief accountant to multi-award-winning cloud accounting provider FreeAgent, investigates. Increase in key rates and thresholds Here’s a brief summary of some of the rates and…
Julia Kermode reacts to today’s Spring Statement
The Chancellor delivered his Spring Statement at lunchtime today. Reacting to what Mr Hammond said, Julia Kermode said: “The Chancellor told us that today’s Spring Statement would not be a major fiscal event so I am pleased that he has been true to his word. It was a positively upbeat economic forecast by Mr Hammond…