Topical tax issues and services

Our specialists can offer solutions and advice to organisations across the public sector, from local authorities to central government, on all issues relating to tax. Here is just a sample of what we have to offer:

Rewarding your people

NHS is Europe's largest employer, and the world's third largest employer. Local authorities employ nearly two million people in the UK. There is no doubt that people are integral to an efficient, effective public sector – but they are also your biggest expense. Our employment solutions team can help organisations manage the risks and costs associated with employing staff. Would you like assistance with a salary sacrifice scheme to provide savings for your organisation and enhance the reward package for your staff? Are you fully meeting your employment and legal obligations? Do you need assistance with your PAYE and NIC planning? Our people help organisations just like yours.

Tax compliance

Tax compliance is vital in minimising exposures to tax penalties and interest and reducing the impact of tax audits. Mismanagement can be costly in time and resource, potentially reducing available expenditure in other areas. Our people can help organisations get tax compliance right. Our team can advise on the major issue for all in the public sector – complying with PAYE and VAT requirements – and corporate tax. We can help minimise the impact of tax on finances and day-to-day operations, complying with regulations, maximising leverage from costs and savings.

Tax cashflow

Cash is crucial to all organisations. Given the huge expenditure in the public sector, it is vital that public sector organisations are able to plan efficiently for significant potential VAT and other tax costs, making use of all reliefs and schemes available to the organisation. Our team can provide cash recovery advice, data mining and interrogation of accounts payable and indirect tax advice to help organisations achieve manager their cashflow better. We can also help your organisation around issues such as when it is right to charge or recover VAT.

Taxation reform

Our consultants have international experience in tax reform, legislation and policy, specialising in advising governments and tax administrations in the developing markets and emerging economies of the world. They have a thorough, practical understanding of factors affecting tax control and collection and can assist in the establishment or restructuring of revenue departments, tax systems and legal frameworks, all the way through to the training required for an effective tax administration and helping produce sustainable skills.

They deal with potential issues like developing a tax administration, establishing a revenue authority, introducing a Value Added Tax (VAT) policy, modernisation of VAT systems/administration and developing long term taxation reform programmes. We can also work with governments on operational and support function diagnostics, building capacity in tax audit and investigation, and information technology for an effective tax administration.