Dealing with IR35 receipts into company

How are you dealing with "company" receipts when PAYE/NICs has been applied?

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With IR35 being the hottest topic of the day, how are you dealing with the accounting adjustments realting to IR35 receipts into clients' companies books?

If a client raises a sales invoice in the company's name and this is paid under IR35 with PAYE/NICs deducted in the director's personal name, how is this best treated in the company's books? Who has earned the fee, the director (as employee) or the company? 

 

As I understand it, any public sector contracts are not subject to corporation (is that right?) and otherwise HMRC would have a bite of the income tax and CT cherries. But what about the small clients' contracts? If these are subject to corporation tax (on the net pay), is that double taxation?

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Locutus of Borg
By Locutus
27th Feb 2020 13:30

If I remember correctly what was said on a recent course, in cases where PAYE/NI is being deducted from a personal service company contract: -

- The personal service company receives all of the income.

- Income received by the personal service company that is subject to PAYE/NI is exempt from corporation tax.

- The worker withdraws the taxed income from the personal service company as a tax-free salary or tax-free dividend.

- The P60 information goes onto the worker's personal tax return, but not the tax-free dividend or tax-free salary.

This currently applies to the public sector, but from 6 April 2020 will be extended to large end users in the private sector (such as banks).

For small or medium-sized private sector end users, the existing rules will apply, i.e. that the personal service company self assesses whether IR35 applies to them and acts accordingly.

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By rockallj
27th Feb 2020 15:02

Perfectly succinct, thank you.

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By ireallyshouldknowthisbut
27th Feb 2020 14:16

I cant really see any merit in your client using the company in such a scenario.

Wouldn't it be better for your client to just be on the intermediary payroll as themselves and cut out all the faffing about in the middle?

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By rockallj
27th Feb 2020 15:01

Firstly, not sure it's possible for them to be on the payroll "properly". Givt department, ha ha!.

Secondly, there are other contracts, many that are not IR35 applicable, a real mixed bag!.

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RedFive
By RedFive
27th Feb 2020 16:33

Have a look at my reply here on 7th Feb at 12:18 and 9th Feb at 12:14. Ignore some of the others responses as they were talking rubbish.

https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/off-payroll-worked-example

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By Wilson Philips
29th Feb 2020 11:06

Except that your post of 12:14 deals only with the accounting entries, not the CT consequences

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By Eric T
29th Feb 2020 10:09

The full company income has to be shown for a number of accounting reasons - and, of course, VAT still needs to be levied on the invoices raised, irrespective as to whether some of those invoices will be paid by the "customer" under deduction of PAYE and NI.

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By dmmarler
31st Mar 2020 13:57

The invoice has not been paid. If I were the director I would return the payment and point out that there is an invoice outstanding and decline to do any further work under the contract on the grounds of non-payment. Depending on the amount, I would take them to the small claims court. If the end client still wanted the service, then they could negotiate an employment contract with the director in a personal capacity at which every aspect could be properly considered. This is what should have happened if the end client believed that the contract was one of employment.

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By Duggimon
31st Mar 2020 14:10

Not only are you posting a full month after everyone else, you are also wrong and silly.

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