Off Payroll Worker

NOTE: Reforms to off-payroll working rules have been delayed until April 2021 as part of the government’s Covid-19 economic response package.

The government has reaffirmed plans to make changes to off payroll working (IR35) rules effective from 6th April 2021. 

This will affect any contractors working through a Personal Service Company, Recruitment Agencies, and all Large and Medium-sized end clients.

HMRC Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/april-2020-changes-to-off-payroll-working-for-intermediaries

Marking employee as an off payroll worker:

• An employee cannot be changed from an off payroll worker to a worker or vice versa, If an existing employee becomes an off payroll worker it is a new employment.  
• If an employee has been paid, off payroll worker is disabled.

Differences between off payroll worker and standard employees:

• Off-payroll workers cannot repay student or postgraduate loan through payroll.
• Auto Enrolment does not apply to off payroll workers.
• Off payroll workers employers NI does not count towards employment allowance.
• Off payroll workers are included in the apprentice levy calculation.
• Off payroll workers do not receive statutory pay.

How to set up a off payroll worker

Enabling 'off payroll worker' will do the following.

• Disable AE controls and set "Exclude from Auto Enrolment".
• Disable and unset "Holiday Credits".
• Disable and unset "CIS subcontractor".
• Disable and unset "Post Graduate Loan" and "Student Loan".
• Indicate in the FPS submissions that the employee is an off payroll worker.

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Importing and exporting

Off payroll worker can be set via importing, validation has been added to the imports to prevent invalid options being imported for off payroll workers.

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