Business organisations tell Lords about Members' tax issues

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Witnesses

Monday 16 December, Committee Room 3, Palace of Westminster.

At 4.00 pm:

• Chris Bryce - Chief Executive of the Professional Contractors Group
• David Ramsden - Taxation and Financial Affairs Policy Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses
• Martin Hesketh - Managing Director of Brookson Accountants and Member of the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA)
• Ann Swain - Chief Executive of APSCo

Likely questions

The Committee are likely to ask the witnesses questions on a variety of issues including:

• What proportion of their members operate as Personal Service Companies (PSCs)
• How they help their members to understand whether their contracts fall within the intermediaries legislation
• If the current methods of establishing IR35 status, based on employment status case law precedents, are the best approach
• If they believe that the new processes introduced by HMRC since May 2012 have been successful so far, and what, if any, further changes they would make
• Why workers use PSCs, and if it is because some workers are forced to worth through particular structures in order to obtain work
• Why some agencies put certain workers on the payroll but not others and what distinguishes an agency temporary worker from a professional contractor
• What more could be done to build people’s awareness of their potential tax liabilities and what an ‘IR35 proof contract’ might look like

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