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Breaking News: 12-month delay for IR35 Off-Payroll reforms

published on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

Due to the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Government have issued a 12-month suspension on Off-Payroll reforms in the private sector. The IR35 legislation will be re-established in April 2021. The Government was advised that contractors deemed ‘inside IR35’ would be essentially forced into ‘zero rights employment’ in the loss of work associated with the […]

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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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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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Contractors Getting Employment Rights

published on Monday, February 4th, 2019

Private Sector companies are increasingly having to treat contractors more inline with permanent employees. There are an increasing number of cases going against the companies. At the end of 2016, Uber lost a legal bid to show that their drivers were independent contractors and this was recently confirmed on appeal. Two drivers demonstrated that they […]

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Companies Engaging Contractors Urged to Prepare for Incoming Tax Reform

published on Friday, November 9th, 2018

Private sector companies are being encouraged to proactively prepare for the IR35 changes scheduled for April 2020. The Private Sector has an opportunity to learn from the mistakes made by Public Sector organisations when the changes were rolled out in April 2017. IR35 Compliance have a range of services that will assist companies with this […]

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Private Sector Off-Payroll Expected to Net £3bn

published on Friday, November 2nd, 2018

HMRC expects to net £3bn from the roll out of the IR35 changes to the Private Sector between April 2020 and March 2025. Interestingly, this article suggests that the contractors will pick-up the bill. This is contrary to our experience in the Public Sector where Public bodies reported that it became much harder to recruit […]

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IR35 Extension to Private Sector to Increase Contractor Rates

published on Saturday, April 21st, 2018

HMRC believe that 90% on contractors incorrectly specify themselves as Outside IR35, arguing the balance should be Inside IR35. There has been a 250% increase in the number of contractors caught by the change in legislation that have increased their rates. Nearly half of the Freelancers in a recent study have left the Public Sector […]

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Contractors Consider Leaving UK Due to IR35, Despite Brexit

published on Friday, January 25th, 2019

A number of contractors are considering a novel way to escape the changes to IR35 regulations; moving out of the UK. Despite only 11% of the contractors asked in a recent survey thinking that Brexit would be positive for UK businesses, 57% of those considering leaving the UK would do so when the reforms hit […]

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