A consultation entitled Tax relief for travel expenses: temporary workers and overarching contracts has been launched jointly by Revenue & Customs and the Treasury with a deadline for comments of 13 October 2008. The consultation is looking in particular at structures using 'overarching employment contracts' (ie, umbrella companies and employment agencies), which the Treasury says enable some temporary workers to obtain tax relief for travel expenses that is not available to others working in similar circumstances.
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