Call for more help for hybrid and distance workers

HMRC should be encouraged to do more to help employers and employees manage the post-pandemic trend of hybrid and distance working says the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Responding to the Office of Tax Simplification’s (OTS) call for evidence on the emerging trends in hybrid and distance working the institute recommends improving guidance and using technology to speed up HMRC decision-making so that employers can account for the correct taxes from the outset.

There is demand from employees in a range of business sectors to work remotely. This may either involve working from home in the UK for all or part of the time or increasingly working cross-border for varying periods of time. Both scenarios can raise significant tax issues and in a cross-border context the issues are different from those that arise in relation to longer term secondments

Colin Ben-Nathan chair of CIOT’s employment...