FOI release

Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST): 2019 Enhancement

CEST helps employers and workers determine how work being done should be dealt with for tax purposes. HMRC has conducted a project to enhance this service.

Documents

Enhancement to CEST scoping

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CEST round table events - findings analysis

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Digital User Research Reports

CEST Sprint review

Details

The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) service was introduced in 2017 to assist employers, hirers and workers to determining the employment status of the worker and ensure the correct tax and national insurance is paid for the work being done.

In 2019 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) undertook a project to enhance CEST and improve the service. Under the Freedom of Information rules HMRC has released a detailed summary of the work involved and results of this project.

Updates to this page

Published 17 March 2020
Last updated 23 September 2021 + show all updates
  1. Planned update to data

  2. Scheduled update to data

  3. Update to usage data in section 3.10.

  4. Published additional content: CEST user data.

  5. First published.

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