IT contractor groups have welcomed the coalition government's pledge to abolish IR35, the unpopular tax guidelines that were introduced to try to stop tax avoidance. The Professional Contractors' ...

Employers will now be responsible for determining the employment status of independent contractors in relation to tax, with the potential to become liable to account for that tax themselves if they ...

As we reported in our Tax Talks blog of 8 January, the Government has carried out a review of the implementation of the changes to the private sector IR35 rules. This review has now completed with the ...

In April, IR35 rules change to address the risks of overpayments to HMRC through incorrect worker status determiniations. Matthew Greene and Guy Bud explain how the changes could make employing ...

The new IR35 legislation will see the way the rules are applied change drastically on April 6. All public sector authorities and medium and large-sized private sector companies will be responsible for ...

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that ensuring private sector firms are taking “reasonable care” when determining how the contractors they engage with should be taxed will be part of its ...

IT contractors are among the freelance workers calling on the government to consider scrapping the controversial IR35 off-payroll working rules in the March 2024 Spring Budget. The IR35 rules were ...

In late September I wrote about the then-chancellor’s plan to repeal IR35 reform. Amazingly, just six weeks or so later, here I am offering my view on the government’s decision to perform a U-turn on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Choosing how to tax citizens and businesses is the legitimate right of elected politicians. Deliberately opting ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. To prevent tax avoidance, IR35 aims to pinpoint whether the work contractors ...

IR35 tax rules were updated in April and businesses across the UK were forced to assess and manage the tax status of contractors they hired. This raised costs and led to many self-employed workers ...