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Personal Care Services: Off-payroll Working

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 21 November 2024UIN 14890

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of disguised employment practices in the hair and beauty sector on (a) VAT and (b) National Insurance revenue.

Answered by James Murray

HMRC has not estimated the size of the disguised employment risk in this sector.

The Government is aware of concerns over the rent-a-chair model in the hair and beauty sector. When this model is operated properly, the Government considers it a legitimate working practice.

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