SERVICES TO EMPLOYERS

Friend LLP offers various services to clients on employee matters.  Our involvement helps our clients to get the right processes and controls in place within the business, reducing costs longer term and helping to free up valuable time and resource.  Our services broadly fall into two categories:

Employee incentivisation

To remain competitive, employers need to reduce the tax cost to their business whilst ensuring that remuneration levels retain the best staff and keep them motivated.  We can advise you on a range of solutions that are strategically and commercially sensible and most importantly cost-effective.  We can offer advice on;

• Directors’ and executive remuneration
• Share plans for employees and directors
• Management incentivisation, particularly in private equity backed companies
• Pensions
• Tax or National Insurance effective remuneration – often taking the form of salary sacrifice
• Issues surrounding termination of employment

Risk management

We are aware of the risks that face employers in the face of continually changing legislation.  We are able to assist businesses in assessing their current risk by performing audits to ensure that employers are compliant with their tax and NIC regulations and requirements.  We can also assist our clients should they become the subject of an investigation or enquiry by HMRC.  We can advise on;

• PAYE and NIC issues
• Construction Industry Scheme compliance
• Expatriate tax when you need to move staff in or out of the UK
• International social security and tax planning