Download or read book Off Payroll Arrangements in the Public Sector written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2012 HM Treasury published its report on the use of off-payroll arrangements in central government ("Review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees", Cm. 8350, ISBN 9780101835022). This showed that over 2,400 staff, each earning more than £58,200 a year, were being paid 'off-payroll' - a practice which generates suspicions of complicity in tax avoidance and which fails to meet the standards expected of public officials. The review's recommendations should go some way to reducing the prevalence of the practice, yet the scope of the review was limited in scope to central government and did not cover other public services, like Local Government, the NHS and the BBC. Some doubts about the Treasury's proposals remain. The Review stated that off-payroll arrangements can be used in 'exceptional circumstances' but does not clarify what these exceptional circumstances are. It also recommended that departments seek assurance that those staff who remain off-payroll are paying the appropriate amount of tax, but did not specify how departments could or should do this. Ultimately, whether those paid off-payroll are paying the right amount of tax is dependent on HM Revenue & Customs properly enforcing tax rules to ensure employees pay tax as employees. However, HM Revenue & Customs has progressively reduced its enforcement of the legislation designed to eliminate the avoidance of tax and National Insurance Contributions through the use of intermediaries, such as personal service companies, putting at risk any deterrent effect the rules might have on tax avoidance

Download or read book Simon s Taxes written by John Allsebrook Simon Simon (1st viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Paths between Peace and Public Service written by Jürgen René Blum and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides policy guidance on how to rebuild public services in postconflict settings. It conducts a comparative analysis of public service reform trajectories in five postconflict countries: Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste.

Download or read book Tax Authority Advice and the Public written by Stephen Daly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is now almost universal acceptance that tax law is overly complex and indeterminate; and yet, there has to date been no comprehensive assessment of the role of the tax authority in the current arrangement. If the legislation and case law offer few immediate answers to the taxpayer, then the role of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in advising taxpayers becomes more apparent. This monograph contends that the provision of advice by HMRC is desirable by virtue of the rule of law and it follows that any such advice should be correct, clear, accessible and reliable. Additionally, there should exist some means of scrutinising the advice in order to check that it satisfies these criteria. Tax Authority Advice and the Public explores this view of HMRC's role in tax collection. It explains the deficiencies in the current system in this light, highlighting the pitfalls for taxpayers and practitioners as well as the potential remedies. Finally, the book assesses potential reforms which could be adopted in order to alleviate existing problems. A timely and ambitious work, this book is essential reading for practitioners and academics interested in the interaction between tax administration and public law.

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Download or read book Department for Work and Pensions written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department for Work and Pensions is getting far too many decisions wrong on claimants' ability to work. This is at considerable cost to the taxpayer and can create misery and hardship to the claimants themselves. This poor decision-making is damaging public confidence and generating a lot of criticism of the Department's contractor for medical assessments, Atos Healthcare - but most of the problems lie firmly within the DWP. The Department's view that appeals against decisions are an inherent part of the process is unduly complacent. Nearly 40 per cent of appeals are successful, with a third of those successful appeals involving no new evidence. The Work Capability Assessment process hits the most vulnerable claimants hardest. The one size fits all approach fails to account adequately for mental health conditions or those which are rare or fluctuating. While the Department has started to improve, the process is still too inflexible and too often is so stressful for applicants that their health simply gets worse. A key problem is that the Department has been unable to create a competitive market for medical assessment providers, leaving Atos in the position of being a near monopoly supplier. The Department is too often just accepting what Atos tells it. It seems reluctant to challenge the contractor. It has failed to withhold payment for poor performance and rarely checked that it is being correctly charged. The Department also cannot explain how the profits being made by Atos reflect the limited risk that it bears

Download or read book Treasury Minutes on the Fifth the Eleventh to the Thirteenth and the Fifteenth to the Sixteenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2012 13 written by Great Britain. Treasury and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated January 2013. The reports published as HC 104 (ISBN 9780215047670), HC 288 (ISBN 9780215047632), HC 532 (ISBN 9780215048684), HC 388 (ISBN 9780215048691), HC 103 (ISBN 9780215048653); HC 389 (ISBN 9780215049704)

Download or read book Review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees written by Great Britain: H.M. Treasury and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impetus for this review concerns questions about the tax arrangements of senior public sector appointees. Findings have revealed a lack of transparency around such tax arrangements, with over 2400 staff identified as off the regular payroll engagements who are employed by central government departments and their associated bodies. About 85% are engaged for longer than six months. Although such arrangements maybe appropriate, it is not absolutely clear to the employer whether a particular individual is paying the right amount of tax and National Insurance in relation to their role. To ensure future tax transparency in this regard, the review has set out a three pronged approach: (i) The most senior staff to be on the payroll; (ii) Employers to ensure that they have the right to seek assurance about the tax arrangements of long-term specialist contractors; (iii) Monitoring after one year, with sanctions applied to Government departments that have not complied with these recommendations.

Download or read book Commercial Contracts A Practical Guide to Standard Terms written by Saleem Sheikh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides useful background and detailed advice on the law surrounding a wide range of commercial agreements including: Key common clauses; When to use standard terms; Procedures and good practice; Termination of contracts; Remedies for breach; Specific issues relating to export, software and consumer contracts. It also contains valuable precedents, including expert guidance on Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer agreements, providing users with an excellent tool for drafting commercial contracts. Key changes for the new 5th edition include coverage and analysis of: - important case law as to when terms are unfair or unreasonable, notably the first Supreme Court ruling on the fairness test in ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis - Changes in the regulation of consumer credit since regulation passed to the Financial Conduct Authority - Fresh court guidance as to when terms have been incorporated into a contract - Rulings on the rules as to the enforceable of onerous terms - The Consumer Rights Act 2015 - The effect of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR - Brexit and the transitional period - The new 2019 EU Regulation on privacy - Replacement of the PECR regulations by the new EU Directive on trade secrets and UK implementation An essential resource for commercial contract drafters helping them to prepare water tight legal agreements and ensure that they are completely clear on what a business must do to stay on the right side of the law. Includes online access to downloadable precedents

Download or read book OECD Economic Surveys United Kingdom 2022 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK economy recovered from the COVID-19 shock thanks to emergency support measures protecting jobs and incomes and a rapid vaccine rollout, but is slowing amid persisting supply shortages and rising inflation. Fiscal policy has to balance gradual tightening with providing well-targeted temporary support to households who are vulnerable to rising costs of living, supporting growth and addressing significant investment needs.

Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews Colombia Implementing Good Governance written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Public Governance Review offers advice to help Colombia address its governance challenges effectively and efficiently over time. It provides an assessment and recommendations on how to improve its ability to set, steer, and implement multi-year national development strategy.

Download or read book HC 678 Whole of Government Accounts 2012 13 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth WGA to be published and it remains the most comprehensive picture of the government's income, expenditures, assets and liabilities that is available. Parliament lacks real visibility over the government's delivery of its deficit reduction measures under the current Spending Review. The government has currently delivered only half of its planned measures to balance public sector income and expenditure (fiscal consolidation measures). The experience in the delivery of consolidation measures to date, where for example the planned increases in tax revenues have not been realised, also show that the government will face a significant challenge in delivering the next phase of the consolidation. In assessing the government's performance in its management of public finances, the WGA is now an essential tool in supporting Parliamentary accountability. The Treasury has been slow in ensuring that all parts of the public sector comply with the government's expectations on pay restraint, particularly in setting the pay of senior staff. The Committee welcomes the steps the Treasury has taken to ensure that 'off payroll' arrangements within central government are made more transparent and that the Treasury is sanctioning government bodies when they fail to comply with the guidance.

Download or read book Personal Service Companies HL 160 written by The Stationery Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'personal service company' is not defined in law. It is understood generally to mean a limited company, the sole or main shareholder of which is also its director, who, instead of working directly for clients, or taking up employment with other businesses, operates through his company. The company contracts with clients, either directly or through an agency, to supply the services of its director. There are many reasons for the use of personal service companies, including the possibility of reducing tax and national insurance bills. The Government's anti-avoidance legislation, often referred to as IR35, is complex and raises its own problems. The report is not intended to be a comprehensive reference work; instead it focuses on five main areas: (1) The use of personal service companies, relevant legislation and recent trends; (2) the continuing viability of the IR35 legislation; (3) HMRC's administration and the effect of recent reforms; (4) implications for the lower-paid; (5) the public sector. The Committee point to the absence of reliable information collected by HMRC. This could be rectified by amending the personal tax return and employer year end declaration and making the questions on service companies compulsory, rather than optional. HMRC failed to demonstrate that they had a sound basis for the £550m of tax and national insurance that they cited as being at risk if IR35 were to be abolished or suspended. Low-paid workers may not be aware that employment by these companies means they have fewer employment rights.

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Download or read book Joint Ventures and Shareholders Agreements written by Susan Singleton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baffled by joint venture and shareholder agreements? Guidance on the new PSC Register is just one of the things that small businesses need to understand. Helping you to identify the central issues involved in joint venture transactions, take effective instructions and draft good documentation using precedents, case studies and checklists. Now covers: Brexit 2020 and its impact on competition law, UK and EU; Changes to tax aspects arising from the latest Finance Acts; New case law such as - Guest Services Worldwide Ltd v. Shelmerdine [2020] EWCA Civ 85 (CA) (non-competition clauses in shareholders' agreements) and Global Corporate Limited v. Hale [2018] EWCA Civ 2618 (CA) (when payments to a director/shareholder were dividends) Key content includes: Preliminary considerations: A discussion of the nature of joint ventures and shareholders' agreements; Financing the venture; Tax and accounting considerations for UK corporate joint ventures; Regulatory matters; Employment and pension issues. Key issues in structuring and drafting UK corporate joint venture documentation and shareholders' agreements: Deadlock and minority protection; Voting rights and board representation; Restrictive covenants. Joint ventures and shareholders' agreements in practice: Articles of association; Transfers of assets; EU and UK Competition law including Brexit issues.