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The £300m hole created by public sector IR35 bills is “astonishing” and…
UKRI hit with £36m IR35 bill, taking non-compliance in public sector to £300m
Another public sector body, UKRI, has revealed it was hit was a multi-million-pound IR35 bill (of £36m), taking non-compliance in the public sector to around…
Big developments in Off-Payroll, skimming and rolled-up holiday pay
Over the past week legal and policymaking developments impacting contractors and umbrella company workers have been announced. What do the experts think of the news?
Tax office closes down 18-month IR35 probe marking ‘turning point’…
New government consultation looks into double- taxation of IR35
The government says it will launch a consultation to explore ways HMRC can account for double-taxation if a business gets caught for non-compliance and contractors have already paid a certain amount of tax.
As it stands, HMRC does…
With PAYE worker numbers up 400% government lacks the incentive to regulate umbrella industry
Government slammed for “deafening silence” over umbrella industry consultation. The question remains, why has the government dragged its feet for 6 years to regulate the umbrella industry?
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IR35 mismanagement threatens UK’s £3.5bn plan to become tech ‘superpower’
Trade unionists and freelance service providers call out the government on the mismanagement of IR35, its stifling impact on tech companies and the freelancers they desperately need to grow
After British trade unionist Mick Lynch…
Conservatives’ new anti-social behaviour fines are better money grabs than IR35 and the loan…
OPINION
Fines for anti-social behaviour are going up following Rishi Sunak's new crackdown. Money grabs like these arguably make more sense than others like IR35 and the loan charge since they protect society and boost the Treasury's…
Has the Chancellor forgotten his self-employed roots now that he is in politics and made his money?
OPINION
How can a once entrepreneur-turned-Chancellor sit comfortably with the "immorality of IR35's double-taxation"? This is just one of the concerns that the UK's self-employed, umbrella company workers and those advocating for their…
IR35: is it an attack on the solo self-employed?
Ex-football pro and sports TV presenter Gary Lineker’s £4.9m IR35 bill highlights the complexity of what is being coined an archaic and double-taxation tax system on Great Britain's self-employed, according to insurer Qdos.
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IR35 reforms are “misaligned with Conservative values and impede growth”, say freelancer…
OPINION
Freelancer advocates and companies serving the growing UK solo self-employed workforce are holding on to hope that the Chancellor's Spring Budget on March 15th will reverse or at the very least address some of the damage created…
Qdos: contractor pursued for 3 years in avoidable IR35 investigation
HMRC ignored its own IR35 tool and pursued innocent contractor for over £100,000, said insurer
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An insurer that represents the self-employed has criticised HMRC for not…