According to a recent survey of recruitment businesses carried out by Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance, the extension has encouraged more recruitment businesses to move end-clients away from HMRC’s widely criticised determination tool (CEST). While 31 per cent of respondents revealed they were using it in the run-up to April 2020, just 18 per cent are planning to use it this time round.
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Ann Swain from agency group, APSCo, said: “We know that access to skilled, flexible contractors has long been a strong contributor to the UK economy. They are highly skilled and utilise their expertise to carry out a specific assignment, helping firms to adapt, evolve and achieve success and these contractors will be especially important throughout the post-coronavirus economic recovery.
"While the Government has delayed the roll out until next year to avoid economic disruption during the Covid crisis, we believe that this is simply delaying severe disruption to the self-employed workforce and is likely to further damage an already fragile economy.”
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