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    • in Blogs · Funding · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 24 Feb, 2021

    Stephen Fitzgerald: “Fast cash” may provide the answer to critical budget challenges

    Councils continue to struggle with budget constraints, some driven to see central government help. However, there may other ways to confront financial shortfalls. We are now entering the period when[…]

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    • in Blogs · Funding · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 7 Dec, 2020

    Financial sustainability: A corporate way of being even in a crisis

    Stephen Fitzgerald argues it is untenable to protect services, as budgets severely strained, at the cost of sustainable finances. Of the entire public sector local government has experienced the greatest[…]

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    • in Blogs · Resources · Stephen Fitzgerald · Treasury
    • — 18 May, 2020

    Stephen Fitzgerald: Local government can emerge from the post-pandemic world transformed

    The Covid-19 pandemic has presented local government with its biggest test. But it may also be an opportunity to shape a new organisational model for the future The country is[…]

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    Interim payment: HMRC found wanting in landmark IR35 case 0
    • in Blogs · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 10 Oct, 2018

    Interim payment: HMRC found wanting in landmark IR35 case

    Used wisely, interim staff can add significant value to councils’ service delivery. But a recent court case shows that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) needs to apply new tax[…]

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  • Stephen Fitzgerald: Finance teams need resilience and strength in trying times 0
    • in Resources · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 22 Feb, 2018

    Stephen Fitzgerald: Finance teams need resilience and strength in trying times

    The recent section 114 notice has highlighted the pressures faced by finance departments. Stephen Fitzgerald argues that teams emerging from transformation need the right prorities: from putting objectives before process[…]

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    Stephen Fitzgerald: Solutions in short supply for IR35 interims 0
    • in Blogs · Jobs · Resources · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 14 Jun, 2017

    Stephen Fitzgerald: Solutions in short supply for IR35 interims

    Readers may recall that I explored the issues associated with the changes to the treatment of intermediaries in IR35 some four months ago. Well despite the complaints from the interim[…]

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  • Stephen Fitzgerald: The finance professional of the future 0
    • in Resources · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 22 Mar, 2017

    Stephen Fitzgerald: The finance professional of the future

    Downward. That’s the direction in which the funding for local government continues even though the recent budget provided more money for adult social care. It’s this trend which prompted my[…]

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    Stephen Fitzgerald: IR35, senior officers’ pay and the real cost of public services 0
    • in Blogs · Resources · Stephen Fitzgerald
    • — 15 Feb, 2017

    Stephen Fitzgerald: IR35, senior officers’ pay and the real cost of public services

    HMRC’s approach to IR35 and interim managers may be aimed at resolving a tax disparity but Stephen Fitzgerald argues it ignores market economics. IR35, the strangely named tax rule now[…]

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