At the end of October, when the Chancellor announced the details of the Autumn budget there was widespread relief that off payroll tax changes in the public sector wouldn’t be extended to the private sector – not just yet, anyway.
But eventually the changes will come. Philip Hammond, amongst other budget pronouncements, laid out that April 2020 was when alterations to contracting tax practice in the private sector would come into force.
And despite hope that a consultation period, in which interested and affected parties had the chance to submit their thoughts on the public sector changes and potential private sector solutions, might’ve resulted in a different outcome it looks like the only significant difference is a longer run in time.