What we do
The new IR35 rules are being introduced into the private Healthcare sector in April 2021. IR35 is not a new piece of tax legislation, it has been in place since 2000, but the new rules will mean that 'end users' will be responsible for assessing the tax status of any individual that provides their services using their own ‘PSC’ or ‘Limited Company’. This is currently the responsibility of the individual worker or contractor themselves.
As either a recruitment agency or ‘end hirer’ in the Healthcare sector, the process of assessing the employment status and therefore the tax status of your contractor and locum workforce is complex and time consuming. IR35 is a complicated subject and the new legislation is written in such a way that the tax man wants you to simply state that all of your ‘PSC’ contractors are caught by this tax legislation.
This is not the case
Most of your PSC contractors can safely be engaged outside of IR35 meaning that they will still be entitled to be paid their gross contract income enabling them to take advantage of the reduced tax and NI burden that independent contractors are legally entitled to. This will make your agency or company a more attractive place for the best contract workers to work.