Employment Tax

Combined with outsourced payroll services, we have you covered once the timesheet is submitted.

Our Expertise Covers:

Payroll, Expenses & Benefits Compliance

• Accurate reporting via P11D, PAYE Settlement Agreements, or payrolling benefits
• Staff training on the latest HMRC guidance, employment tax legislation and relevant sections of the Employment Rights Act (enforced by HMRC)
• Preparing for mandatory payrolling of benefits (effective April 2027)
• Drafting policies, procedures, process aids and checklists, e.g. expenses, homeworking, travel, staff handbooks, NMW compliance, finance aids for coding costs to the nominal ledger, etc.

International Mobility & Tax

• Secondment planning and cost-efficient structuring
• Overseas expansion support, combined with our International Tax and VAT specialists
• UK Income tax return preparation for globally mobile employees
• Payroll services for UK inbounds, including HMRC Appendix 5/6 and Section 690 applications
• Short-term business visitor reporting
• Non-Resident Directors
• Advice on UK tax residency, double tax treaties, and social security requirements and obligations

Labour Supply Chain Compliance

• Policy development and bespoke advice to meet HMRC’s “reasonable care” standard
• Training on HMRC’s CEST tool, ensuring HMRC stands by its result!
• Advice on subcontractor implications:
  • Construction Industry Scheme (“CIS”);
  • IR35 and employment status;
  • Agency (tax) legislation;
  • Umbrella rules (effective April 2026);
  • National Minimum Wage;
  • Statutory pay (where governed by HMRC);
  • Corporate Criminal Offence “CCO”;
  • Senior Accounting Officer regime “SAO”; and
  • International remote working

Cost Reduction, Recruitment & Retention

• Implementing salary sacrifice schemes (pensions, electric cars, holiday purchase)
• Advice on tax-exempt benefits and flexible reward structures, including implementation of flexible benefit platforms
• National Insurance and tax overpayment reclaims, including car allowance/mileage payments

Exit Readiness & Due Diligence

• Vendor and purchaser employment tax reviews
• Sales purchase agreement and other legal document support (Tax opinion only)

HMRC Dispute Resolution

• Advice on termination, redundancy, and settlement payments
• Voluntary disclosures and contract settlements
• HMRC-style health checks
• Supporting with all aspects of HMRC employer compliance reviews and national minimum wage enquiries (including voluntary regional HMRC calls and self-rectification)