The UK government has recently published draft legislation that, from April 2020, will require many private sector businesses engaging self-employed contractors through intermediary service companies ...

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With just over six months to go until the IR35 tax avoidance reforms come into force in the private sector, IT contractors are waiting with bated breath to see how the organisations they engage with ...

Like a classic Shakespearean drama, the IR35 story is both long and complicated. Act III is due to start, again, on 6 April 2021. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. 1) What is going ...

Today’s headlines underline the dilemma facing the Treasury as it prepares for next month’s Budget. On the one hand, there are reports that new Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been forced to promise that ...

The conflict over the government's controversial IR35 tax hit the High Court on Tuesday morning, as representatives of the UK's independent IT and engineering contractors took their claim that IR35 is ...

Employers and IT contractors risk criminal charges if they try to get around Inland Revenue tax rules by drawing up 'IR35-friendly' contracts. IR35 was introduced in 2000 to close a loophole which ...

In the UK, there is a well-established body of tax case law governing whether a person is considered an employee or is an independent contractor. the distinction is important for tax purposes because ...

An IT contractor who received an IR35-related £70,000 tax bill by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has had his appeal pertaining to the case dismissed by a tribunal judge for a second time. Project manager ...

The perfect solution - outside IR35, fully compliant and verified by UK's leading IR35 expert lawyers - really does exist. While many are grappling with the IR35 tax changes, start-up company Colnort ...

Whenever engaging an individual it is always important to understand the rules and rights that apply. These are determined by the employment status of the individual, whether an employee, a worker, a ...