On 13 February 2020 FIFA published a circular outlining some significant amendments it has made to the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (“RSTP”). The updated version of the RSTP incorporating these changes can be found here. (more…)

From 6 April 2020, if a company uses an individual / a contractor (usually through a personal service company (“PSC”)) who provides services to a company then the onus will be on the company to assess whether an individual working through a PSC would have been regarded as an employee if they were engaged directly by the company (i.e. the fee payer) and not through a PSC. If, after an assessment, the answer is YES then it will usually be the company who will be obliged to deduct and account for income tax and NICs on the monies that it pays to the PSC (IR35 will be applicable). (more…)