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IR35 - News and Views
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Reforming IR35 – The IoD Dons its Boxing Gloves
News emerged this week that a number of industry experts had been recruited to the Office of Tax Simplification in order to assist with the reform of tax laws as they apply to small businesses (see “From Spaghetti to Nouvelle Cuisine – New OTS Experts to Slim IR35 down”, October 26th 2010). The UK’s contractor [...] -
From Spaghetti to Nouvelle Cuisine – New OTS Experts to Slim IR35 Down
With the Comprehensive Spending Review grabbing most of the headlines recently, the vexed subject of the future of IR35 legislation may have enjoyed less limelight but it certainly hasn’t gone away. The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has been diligently continuing its work of exploring reform and has just been joined by four private sector [...] -
Why Dodging the Christmas Party Might be Good For You
Recent advice aimed at technical and engineering contractors working in the oil and gas industries has a good deal of relevance for all UK Ltd Company contractors. The legal and commercial director of the energy recruiter NES, Stephen Rookes, was speaking at a breakfast seminar in the Marcliffe Hotel in Aberdeen, addressing the likely impact [...] -
All Staff Emails and IR35 Investigations: Why You Shouldn’t Panic
If you’re a contractor eager to avoid being swept up in the IR35 net, you might be dismayed to find yourself being included in “all staff” emails. The whole point of contracting of course is that you’re not staff – you’re an independent, and if you’re categorised as an employee, the HMRC may well scent [...] -
A premature obituary – IR35 is alive and well (till Budget 2011 at least)
Most people who earn their living through freelance contracting have been feeling jubilant about the government’s commitment to replacing the widely hated IR35 legislation. But anyone who thinks that the statute’s friends and close relations have been assembled whilst the OTS reads it the last rites might do well to think again. News of IR35’s [...] -
Calling Sole Contractors – Your Chance to Have Your Say on IR35
The first phase of the coalition government’s Spending Challenge, in which it invited individuals and businesses to come forward with ideas on how to make economies in the UK’s spending, has just morphed into phase two. The government has produced a shortlist of proposals following phase one. Now it’s asking the UK’s sole traders in [...] -
Beware the Good Cop – HMRC Gets Sneaky
Well, if IR35 is meant to be on its metaphorical deathbed, it appears to be in suspiciously rude health for a patient supposedly on its last legs. The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) is urging its members to be “especially vigilant” after one of them was drawn into a face to face meeting with an HMRC [...] -
IR35 – Utopia vs Reality
Any contractor who thinks that the government’s review of IR35 legislation is about to herald a new Tax Utopia could be in for a nasty shock. HMRC, keen to do everything in its power to help reduce a public deficit of cosmic proportions, is making it very clear that it intends to pursue all taxpayers [...]