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The OTS’s latest recommendations for employment taxation
KEY POINTS
- The Office of Tax Simplification turns its gaze on employment status with its final report of this parliament.
- Would unifying National Insurance treatment or introducing a statutory test solve the problem of incorrect employment status?
- The dividing line between employment and self-employment is becoming less clear.
- In a recession the use of self-employed contractors may keep some businesses afloat.
- Could a new legal entity provide a solution or would this also be open to manipulation?
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recently launched its final vessel before the next government decides on its future. It was a 188-page ocean-going liner entitled Employment Status Report.
The office’s tax director John Whiting hit the nail on the head: “In tackling the knotty subject of employment status...
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