It’s been almost a week since HMRC published the IR35 business test questions and guidance which it will now use to identify which companies are most at risk of non-compliance and therefore most likely to be targeted for investigation. To say that their publication has been controversial has to be the understatement of the year and the dust is yet to settle. Click here to read more »
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that HMRC has been getting a fair amount of stick in recent weeks, most of which you could argue has been self-inflicted. However, there was some interesting news this week which could be a plus for small businesses currently in conflict with HMRC. Click here to read more »
Last week we were delighted to receive a First-Tier tribunal judgment in favour of one of our clients. The ClearSky team had been working very hard to fight HMRC’s case and the subsequent result has some interesting points relating to IR35 in it. Click here to read more »
Not for the first time this year I’ve found myself at odds with the current industry zeitgeist on IR35 as another groundswell forms calling for its abolition.
Last week, following a Freedom of Information request from the PCG, HMRC revealed that the tax yield created from IR35 in 2010/11 was only £219,180. During the same period there were only 23 reviews in which IR35 was considered to be a risk. Click here to read more »
It seems that, even after over a decade since its introduction, it’s rare that a week passes by without IR35 hitting the news. It’s also rapidly becoming more of a political football than ever before.
Ahead of their upcoming party conference, the Lib Dems have published a paper called ‘Stimulating Growth in the Digital Economy’ which calls for the suspension of IR35. This is less than six months after the Government rejected this option. Click here to read more »
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about the coalition governments pledge to review the controversial IR35, although what form any review will take and any subsequent changes that will result remain unclear.
There was a fair amount of scare mongering in the contractor press this week following reports that HMRC is to ramp up its inquiries into small businesses.
In the maze of information that is the IR35 legislation, contractors may well wonder where to start and how to go about assessing the law and what it means for them in practice. To this end, I’ve checked out some of the main sources of information and advice available over the internet and reviewed them for you. Let me know what you think… Click here to read more »
Despite IR35 becoming something of a political football during this election campaign, with both the Tories and Lib Dems using it to engage with contractors, perhaps more significant for contractors and freelance workers in the UK have been the results of two high profile cases heard in the High Court. Click here to read more »
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