Staff hire concession and changes to the rules on agency staff


 

As you will be aware, the Staff Hire Concession, whereby agencies only had to charge VAT on their commission, was withdrawn by HM Revenue & Customs with effect from April 2009.  As a result all agencies supplying temporary staff are required to charge VAT on the whole charge for their services, i.e. the worker’s wages and the agency’s commission.  This change means that Trusts will incur more VAT on agency staff, some of which may not be recoverable (depending on the type of staff).
 
In addition, there are some expected changes to the contracted-out services rules which, if implemented, would also lead to increased costs for the NHS.

To help the Forum in lobbying on behalf of its members, we would be grateful if you could provide an estimate of the annual cost to your organisation of the following changes.  This is a link to PSTF website where you can download the last newsletter which provides more details on this issue.
http://www.pstf.org/


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