EMPLOYMENT TAXES

Penny Simmons (Pinsent Masons) considers the interaction of the IR35, intermediaries and construction industry scheme rules.

Matthew Rowbotham

Many (although not all) of HMRC’s proposals on employee benefit trusts and employee ownership trusts will improve the tax rules, writes Matthew Rowbotham (Lewis Silkin).

Nick Wright

Pete Miller

Pete Miller and Nick Wright (Jerroms Miller) answer some of the key questions on this valuable regime.

Rebecca Seeley Harris

Rebecca Seeley Harris (Re Legal Consulting) has been campaigning for the regulation of the umbrella company industry and the protection of the worker, under the #FairUmbrella campaign since 2021. Here, she reviews the options for policy change set out in the recent umbrella company consultation.

Claire Matthews

Tax-favoured share plans are firmly in the spotlight at the moment. Claire Matthews (Taylor Wessing) reminds us how EMI options work and reviews recent changes.

Tom Wallace

Gary Lineker was successful at the tribunal, while Eamonn Holmes was not. Thomas Wallace (WTT Consulting) explains why.

Joshua Carey

Marianne Tutin

Joshua Carey and Marianne Tutin (Devereux Chambers) discuss a recent tribunal decision that highlights why the tax treatment of sums paid under any settlement agreements must be considered carefully.

Ross Birkbeck

Can arrangements designed to reduce a business’s tax bill still be wholly and exclusively for the purposes of its trade? HMRC seems not to think so, writes Ross Birkbeck (Old Square Tax Chambers).

Claire Matthews

New CSOP option reforms have seemingly escaped the mini-Budget cutting room floor. Claire Matthews (Taylor Wessing) explores the benefits.