This month in tax: March 2021

Our Ask ICAS webinars are generally on a Thursday morning at 11 am for a one-hour, topical webinar. Details and sign up can be found at ICAS webinars. Tax topics, and those that may be of interest to tax practitioners, include:

March 4 – Ask ICAS – Coronavirus assistance programmes update; Budget 2021 highlights with Justine, Jeremy and David

March 18 – Ask ICAS – Off payroll working and termination payments – employment tax and employment law issues with Justine and Dawn Dickson

March 25 - Ask ICAS: A view from the Investigation Committee with David, Robert Mudge and Ian Robertson.

Attendees will be able to take advantage of a live Q&A with the webinar presenters or send in their queries in advance to dmenzies@icas.com to be answered live.

Catch up on all previous Ask ICAS webinars.

Please note that all the feedback we have received from members during webinars, in Q&As and on a day to day basis is in turn being fed into Government insofar as it relates to policy and to HMRC insofar as it relates to operational and practical matters.

There is also a selection of ICAS Insights webinars happening regularly.  

Take a look at the next one:

ICAS Insights: International Womens’ Day

Date: 8 March (2pm – 3pm)

Speakers: Elizabeth Gammie – Professor and Head of Dept – RGU (Education), Laura Strain – Chief Operating Officer – The British Fashion Council (Fashion/Culture), Rimla Akhtar – Managing Director - RimJhim Consulting (Sport).

Please note that views and opinions expressed by speakers at ICAS webinars are their own and not necessarily reflective of ICAS’ views.

Never miss a webinar.

Charlotte Barbour, Director of Tax is speaking at a Mackay Hannah event ‘The future of taxation and sustainable public finances after pandemic and Brexit: Impact, consequences and options’, which can be booked at

WEBINAR, Thursday 11th March 2021, 2-3pm

ICAS teams have been working across the board to bring you as much up to date information as possible in one convenient place. The hub is updated as and when anything develops – try taking a look for further information.

If you have missed one, you can usually catch up later.

Off-payroll working rules from April 2021: Status Determinations and Disagreements: This webinar explains what Status Determination Statements (SDS) are, the off-payroll working rules, and how to deal with disagreements following the status determination.

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Off-payroll working rules from April 2021: Contractors: This webinar gives an overview of the changes to the off-payroll working rules which come into effect on 6 April 2021. It is specifically designed to help contractors understand what these changes will mean for them.

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Off-payroll working rules from April 2021: This webinar gives an update on changes to the off-payroll working rules (IR35) from April 2021 for:

• the public sector
• medium and large sized organisations.

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Off-payroll working rules 2021 – international matters: This webinar explains how the off-payroll working rules interact with international and overseas issues.

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Off-Payroll Working Rules from April 2021: Engagement: This webinar looks at different types of engagements and explains when the off-payroll working rules apply and whose responsibility it is to consider them.

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Off-payroll working rules from April 2021: Fee-payer responsibilities: This webinar looks at fee-payers responsibilities under the off-payroll working rules including:

• who fee-payers are and their responsibilities
• qualifying persons
• deemed employers
• how to work out the deemed direct payment.

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Loan charge compliance and further information:

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HMRC has an online customer forum where you can post questions on a range of tax topics that are answered by HMRC experts. The forum now includes “PAYE and Payroll for Employers”.

ICAS Members are encouraged to join this.

The Knowledge Base is a new feature which contains answers to FAQs on a variety of topics and where you can find information on a number of subjects to help with tax matters. Content is regularly updated and new material added.

Anyone can view the forum. To post a question, simply register and create a profile.

A registered forum member can:

• View posts
• Add or post topics / questions

The ICAS tax team responds to many consultations on tax issues and welcomes members’ views to assist in preparing responses. If you have any comments on open consultations let us know.

Details of current consultations on tax issues can be found here:

• HMRC open consultations
• HM Treasury
• Scottish Government