{"id":5547,"date":"2026-04-21T18:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yempo-solutions.com\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:54:25","slug":"the-ir35-status-checker-for-offshore-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yempo-solutions.com\/en\/blog\/the-ir35-status-checker-for-offshore-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"The IR35 status checker for offshore teams."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px|auto||auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h1><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-size: large;\">Fair and compliant offshoring: What is IR35 and who does it apply to?\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span>IR35, sometimes known as \u2018off-payroll working rules\u2019, is a UK tax rule intended to ensure that contractors pay around the same income tax and national insurance as employees. Essentially, IR35 rules are in place to prevent tax avoidance.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">IR35 rules apply in circumstances where:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A worker provides services to a business via an intermediary \u2013 examples: their own limited company, a partnership, via another individual.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>worker would be an employee IF they provide these services directly to their client.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">IR35 rules may apply if you are:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>worker who provides services through your own intermediary to a client.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>client who receives services from a worker through their intermediary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">An agency or other supplier providing workers\u2019 services through their intermediary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-size: large;\">Who is responsible for determining if IR35 rules apply?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Responsibility for determining if a worker is employed for tax purposes or is outside of IR35 rules changed in 2021 and usually sits with the client business. To help with this HMRC provides an online tool:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-employment-status-for-tax\" draggable=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" onclick=\"\/*welmGenerated*\/window.open('https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-employment-status-for-tax', '_blank', 'noopener'); return false;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/check-employment-status-for-tax<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This tool asks a series of questions that aim to establish if arrangements normally associated with employee status rather than contractor status are in place. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Provision of necessary IT by the client rather than the worker, and<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The contractor being unable to work for other businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The contractor being unable to provide a substitute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The contractor not being able to decide where and when they work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">There are exceptions. These include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Umbrella companies<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Where someone is employed by an umbrella company \u2013 typically an employment agency that pays their salary, plus takes care of tax and national insurance \u2013 these arrangements usually sit outside of IR35. Even so, HMRC strongly advises both clients and workers to validate that these arrangements are not tax avoidance schemes. As HMRC themselves say \u2018if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.\u2019<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Small businesses<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Where a worker provides services to a small business this arrangement can sometimes sit outside of IR35 (we\u2019ll cover this later).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Overseas clients<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Where a worker provides services to a wholly overseas registered client then the responsibility for determining IR35 status falls on the worker, not the client.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.yempo-solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-13-122356.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Screenshot 2026-04-13 122356&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A turnover threshold increase of almost 50% means around 14,000 UK companies will become classified as \u2018small\u2019 and exempt from IR35 off-payroll rules. What this means is that responsibility to determining if IR35 rules apply is the responsibility of the worker (via their intermediary), not the small business.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">However, the rules aren\u2019t so simple. The new thresholds must be applied to two consecutive financial years ending before the tax year being tested:<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The latest financial year where the filing date for the accounts ends before the beginning of the tax year.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The financial year before that one.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Determining your company\u2019s status is a challenge for your tax accountant, not us. Our blog\u2019s intended to provide a general overview, not provide definitive guidance that you subsequently rely upon to determine IR35 status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Things to consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">1. Businesses\/end-users engaging workers should review if the small business exemption applies to them, under the new 2026 IR35 rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">2. Is your business part of a group? If so, your overall group may fall above the small company exemption.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">3. Make affected workers and their intermediaries aware that as a small business, responsibility for checking IR35 status transfers to them.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">4. Keep an eye on the thresholds. If you\u2019re having a great year then IR35 responsibility may shift back onto your business.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-size: large;\">How big are IR35 fines?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">If HMRC opens a review into your business IR35 compliance that subsequently determines that what you deemed to be outside of IR35 is actually within IR35:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">HMRC will make you pay the tax and National Insurance contributions due, as well as any interest due on these amounts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A penalty may apply if you can\u2019t prove you exercised reasonable care completing your tax and national insurance contributions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksonlegal.co.uk\/\" draggable=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" onclick=\"\/*welmGenerated*\/window.open('https:\/\/brooksonlegal.co.uk\/', '_blank', 'noopener'); return false;\">Brookson Legal<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">, a legal specialist in this space say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The level of the financial penalty is based on the reason for the inaccurate determination as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A further penalty of 30% of the unpaid tax if HMRC deems that the End-Hirer was careless about the employment status of its off-payroll workforce but did not know it was inaccurate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A further penalty of 70% of unpaid tax if HMRC finds that the End-Hirer knew that the employment status of its off-payroll workforce fell Inside IR35 and yet chose not to act.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A further penalty of 100% of unpaid tax if HMRC finds that the End-Hirer has actively tried to conceal the employment status and underpayment of tax to its off-payroll workforce.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-size: large;\">The IR35 status checker for offshore teams.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">You\u2019re probably wondering how the rules apply to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Hiring offshore accountants under new UK IR35 thresholds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Hiring offshore IT employees under new UK IR35 thresholds.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">You may also wish to prove a Filipino contractor is outside IR35.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Broadly speaking, IR35 does not apply if a UK company uses Philippines talent that\u2019s employed by a Philippines entity through a genuine Business Process Outsourcing relationship.<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A basic check list is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">1. The Philippine outsourcing entity must have no permanent UK connection (a branch or office). In this case, it\u2019s considered to be wholly overseas. Y\/N?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">2. The outsourcing company in the Philippines must not be a subsidiary of a UK company. If it is, HMRC may take an interest. Y\/N?<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">3. Your contract must be with a Philippine outsourcer and define the service, not the person delivering it. Y\/N?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">4. The Philippine outsourcer retains the right to swap the person delivering the service. Y\/N?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">5. The Philippine company, not the UK company, manages, pays, and handles employment rights for the worker. Y\/N?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">If you have any doubts, then contact an IR35 specialist to validate that any relationship you\u2019re considering is compliant with IR35.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-size: large;\">How to find the right IR35 compliant Philippines outsourcing provider.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">We can provide you with IR35 compliant offshore talent. We\u2019ve been supplying lower cost yet quality talent to UK firms for over a decade. We\u2019re well-placed to fill your hard-to-recruit roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2018Yempo Solutions reduces our costs. Their complete recruitment, HR and regulation service protects our business from risk.\u2019 \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Lizzie R., UK client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/meetings-eu1.hubspot.com\/michelle-fiegehen\" onclick=\"\/*welmGenerated*\/window.open('https:\/\/meetings-eu1.hubspot.com\/michelle-fiegehen', '_blank', 'noopener'); return false;\">Book a quick chat<\/a><\/span><span>\u00a0with Michelle today, to know more about our best practices in providing offshore accounting and IT staff from the Philippines \u2013 or shoot us an email at\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"mailto:sales@yempo-solutions.com\">sales@yempo-solutions.com<\/a><\/span><span>. 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