Service Providers, Umbrellas and Accountants

Lawspeed has advised agencies, contractors and accountants on IR35 legal issues since the legislation was first announced. This is the same in relation to the Managed Service Company (MSC) legislation, and Lawspeed was actively involved in both the consultation on the MSC legislation and the more recent consultation on Expense allowances relating to overarching employment contracts.

Lawspeed helped to set up the Association of Employment Management Companies and is a leading service provider in the area of compliance within tax legislation related to service providers.

Lawspeed provides advice and compliance audit services. In addition we also provides representation services within IR35, MSC, CIS and other contractor related tax issues and has extensive experience in these areas. Use us for your passport to success.

In addition to advice for service providers Lawspeed provides audit services to agencies to help protect against MSC risk, under Lawspeed's acclaimed SPA (Service Provider Audit) scheme.

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For several years HMRC has been considering how to deal with the abuse of expense claims by some service providers in the recruitment sector. This lead to a consultation in 2008 following which the rules relating to expenses have been kept in place but new rules were formulated for dealing with dispensations.

HMRC stepped up its compliance checks early in 2009, and dispensations are under review, with HMRC reportedly throwing significant resources at the issue. Key to allowing expenses is the need to employ workers on a so called "overarching" employment contract, with obligations in between assignments.

Agencies that employ their workers ans claim expenses have also come more into the spotlight since 2008.

This issue affects all employment umbrella companies and employment businesses that employ their agency workers.

Lawspeed has a background in representation in this area, having not only achieved notable successes within government consultations, but also in representing individual cojmpanies under investigation. Lawspeed also provides contract and other documentation. See more below...

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