NHS MANAGERS MUST BE PAID THROUGH THE PAYROLL
29 August 2012
NHS hospitals have been ordered to stop paying temporary managers off the books in a bid to stamp out tax avoidance.
The Telegraph reports:
A letter from NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson said bosses must ensure interim workers with financial responsibilities are paid through the normal channels if working for longer than six months.
The crack down follows the disclosure that civil servants across Whitehall were being paid through companies in order to pay lower tax rates.
The letter warns that Government departments which flout the new rules could face fines of up to five times the amount paid to the interim worker.
The confidential letter, leaked to HSJ, has been sent to the chairs, chief executives and senior directors at strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and NHS trusts, setting out new rules. Earlier this year a Treasury review revealed many public sector executives were not on organisations’ payroll and of the 55 off-payroll NHS executives identified in the review, 15 cost £1,000 or more a day.
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HMRC BRIEFING ON TACKLING TAX AVOIDANCE
10 September 2012
HMRC has published a briefing on tackling tax avoidance. The brief explains what HMRC are doing to stop those bending the rules of the tax system to gain an unfair tax advantage, in cases where a business or individual operates within the letter - but not the spirit - of the law.
HMRC Briefing - Tackling tax avoidance
If members do have any queries regarding this brief, please contact policy@cipp.org.uk and we will escalate to the appropriate business function.
Vetting and Barring
VETTING AND BARRING WILL BE DEVOLVED TO EMPLOYERS FROM SEPTEMBER 2012
11 July 2012
As part of the coalition agreement, the government committed to reviewing and reforming the vetting and barring scheme and criminal records regime, scaling them back to common sense levels.
CIPP Policy News Journal
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