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IR35 review confirms a ‘light touch’ for the first 12 months

published on Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Contractors hoping for a delay in the upcoming IR35 legislation will be disappointed, as the Treasury’s IR35 review has confirmed the off-payroll legislation will still come into effect on 6 April 2020. The Conservative party confirmed a proper IR35 review during their election campaigning last year, in response to fears that the self-employed would lose […]

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Filed under: IR35 News

Chancellor pledges an IR35 review in run-up to General Election

published on Monday, December 9th, 2019

Over the weekend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, announced the Conservative Party’s plans to review the upcoming IR35 reform as part of a pledge to better supported Britain’s self-employed. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box, Mr Javid announced that the Conservative Party would review the upcoming IR35 legislation in order to ensure that […]

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Filed under: IR35 News, Private Sector

General Election results leave unanswered questions around IR35

published on Friday, December 20th, 2019

Business leaders have wasted no time since the general election in lobbying the Conservative party on the issue of the controversial IR35 tax reforms that will affect contractors in the private sector from April 2020. Although the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid promised to review IR35 in the weeks prior to the election, neither […]

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Filed under: IR35 News, Private Sector

IR35 Case Law – Canal Street Productions

published on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

Television presenter Helen Fospero has emerged victorious against HMRC, and won her case at the tax tribunal over a disputed £80,000 tax bill during her time working as a contractor at ITV. HMRC claimed that during the tax years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, Ms Fospero was not working as a contractor and owed £80,000 in tax […]

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IR35 Case Law – RALC Consulting Ltd

published on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

IT contractor Richard Alcock was able to successfully defeat HMRC in an IR35 tribunal after an arduous five year investigation. Alcock’s successful appeal concerned multiple engagements entered into by his company, RALC Consulting Ltd, between 2010 and 2015. Alcock’s defence team comprised Chris Leslie from Tax Networks and Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator. Issues of […]

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All ‘big four banks’ in UK put a stop to contractors due to IR35 with RBS being the latest

published on Thursday, October 10th, 2019

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has become the latest bank to place a blanket ban on the use of contractors, making it the final of the ‘big four banks’ to react to the new IR35 legislation in the same way. In a recently published internal memo, RBS says ‘all existing contractors’ working as limited […]

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Contractors say HMRC’s revamped CEST tool is still unfit for purpose

published on Friday, November 29th, 2019

Although HMRC have recently made efforts to update their Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool ahead of the upcoming 6 April 2020 deadline, many commentators have claimed that it is still not fit for purpose. The ideas behind the new update and guidance are positive, however there are still various hurdles that users are […]

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Filed under: CEST, IR35 News

HMRC launches updated CEST tool

published on Friday, December 6th, 2019

HMRC has released an updated version of the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool, in order to adequately prepare businesses ahead of the IR35 reform date on 6 April 2020. This is likely in response to criticism levelled at the previous iteration (created back in April 2017) for its inability to provide definitive answers […]

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Filed under: CEST