ARC comments on fairer tax focus in Autumn Statement
ARC welcomes the Chancellor’s focus on fairer tax within the Autumn Statement; the policy paper states that the ‘government will … consider how the system could be made fairer between workers carrying out the same work under different arrangements’.
ARC has long campaigned for a fairer tax system for supplied personnel, arguing that agency workers, contractors and the self-employed who are supplied through an agency, should benefit from a simplified and consistent tax regime.
Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of ARC, said “We are glad to see that government accepts that there is a need in this area; we launched a Manifesto in September on this point, with other ideas to make the UK a more attractive place to do business post-Brexit, and we look forward to seeing how government intends to implement these plans.”
Adrian, a highly experienced lawyer, founded Lawspeed in 1997. He is responsible for developing our extensive portfolio of products and services, including the widely used Lawspeed contract templates. Adrian is an expert on “recruitment law” and specialises in contracts, regulatory compliance, employment status and dispute handling. He is chair of the trade body the Association of Recruitment Consultancies, the only lawyer lead recruitment trade body in the UK. Adrian and his co-director Ravi devised Standards in Recruitment as a vehicle for helping drive up standards and compliance in the industry.
Adrian is our lead in discussions with the government over regulatory evolution. Apart from assisting with client support, Adrian’s primary role is research and development into methods of business delivery, our latest service Proterms being his most recent project. Adrian heads our IR35 lawyers team.