Committees

Draft Finance Bill 2019

Inquiry

The Sub-Committee will focus on the Government's proposal to extend the off-payroll working rules –  which were introduced for the public sector in 2017 – to large and medium-sized organisations in the private sector from April 2020. The proposal would mean that businesses will be responsible for deciding whether contractors they hire are liable to pay income tax and national insurance contributions, and if so, for paying those sums.

The inquiry is accepting written submissions until 25 February 2020. Please read the call for evidence.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - Off-payroll working: treating people fairly
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Response to this report
Government Response to the report from the Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee on off-payroll working
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Correspondence

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Letter from Lord Forsyth, Chair, Finance Bill Sub-Committee to Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury
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Oral evidence transcripts

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9 March 2020
Inquiry Draft Finance Bill 2019
Witnesses Professor Patricia Leighton (Professor at Centre for Research on Self-Employment), and Unite the Union
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16 March 2020
Inquiry Draft Finance Bill 2019
Witnesses HM Treasury, HMRC, and HMRC
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2 March 2020
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Witnesses Employment Lawyers Association, Keith Gordon (Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers), and Law Society of Scotland
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Written evidence

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HM Treasury (DFD0156)
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HMRC, and HM Treasury (DFD0154)
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HMRC (DFD0153)
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Other publications

Government Responses
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Scrutiny evidence
Evidence received in the course of conducting legislative scrutiny.
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Contact us

  • Email: financebill@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6225 (committee staff) | 020 7219 6640 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW