Lawspeed, the recruitment law and compliance specialists, are exhibiting at next week’s “Recruitment Agency Expo” and invite you to visit us at the show. The Expo, taking place at Olympia, London on 25th and 26th February offers recruitment professionals a great opportunity to gather information and grow their knowledge of the latest developments in the […]
At a seminar held by the recruitment law specialist Lawspeed (legal partners to the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC)) on Wednesday 22nd January a number of problematic key points arising from the government Consultation on Onshore Intermediaries -False Self Employment were identified. Speaking to a packed audience of recruitment agencies, umbrella companies, CIS contractors and […]
Today, 9th January 2014, marks the anniversary of the first introduction of income tax in the UK. In his budget of 1798 William Pitt the Younger proposed a graduated income tax to pay for weapons and equipment in preparation for the Napoleonic Wars, it was introduced on this day in 1799. Starting at a rate […]
Lawspeed is pleased to announce that HMRC officials will be speaking on the consultation ‘Onshore Employment Intermediaries – False Self Employment’ at its forthcoming seminar in London on 22nd January 2014. The consultation is set to affect contractor tax including in relation to PSCs and CIS, and will close on 4th February 2014. The seminar […]
Fast on the heels of the consultation published by HMRC on 10th December called ‘Onshore Employment Intermediaries – False Self Employment’ HMRC has now published guidance linked to this and recent draft Offshore Employment Intermediaries legislation. Adrian Marlowe, Managing Director of Lawspeed, said “The key feature of the consultation and the guidance is a clear […]
Everyone knows that the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) apply to workers who are temporarily supplied by a temporary work agency to a hirer. No doubt hundreds of hirers have paid higher comparable rates to their agency workers following implementation of these regulations, whilst others have used various methods to avoid paying those rates. But […]
On 10th December 2013 the government published a consultation document relating to the future treatment of tax for onshore contractors. Whilst the industry will comment on and analyse the proposals over the coming weeks, it is clear that the changes proposed by the ‘Onshore Employment Intermediaries: False self-employment’ consultation would if implemented affect all parties […]
Recent reports indicate that the Government sees a close link between success in tackling tax and avoidance and its ability to deliver on other key projects. For example, Sky News has reported an impending government clamp down on tax avoidance by self employed workers, stating that sources have said “the money saved will help plug […]
Lawspeed is delighted to announce that it has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Managing Director of Lawspeed Adrian Marlowe said “this confirms that our processes and procedures represent best practice, having been formally audited, and evaluated against the internationally recognised standard for quality management. “We have a long standing commitment to maintaining excellence; it is […]
As we prepare for this seminar for agencies and umbrella companies, more and more discussion points emerge justifying a greater range of content. The new agenda will therefore be: • maximising compliance, and protecting fees with today’s technologies, covering contract sign off, pre designed cloud services, and data related issues • more RPOs? Ramifications of […]
