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The Tory Party must prioritise a crackdown on misspending before tax grabs and social cutbacks
OPINION
Will PM Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt use the Autumn Statement to prove that they can relate to citizens by doing them justice by cracking down on Tory party misspending? Or will they go for uncreative tax grabs aimed…
Freelancers: get prepared for more fiscal U-turns, IR35 reform uncertainty
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The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has revoked the repeal of the Off-payroll rules that were introduced in 2017 and 2021 to…
IR35 reforms likely to be reinstated say legal experts
Some legal experts are not convinced that IR35 reforms set to be repealed in April 2023 will be set in stone or even come to fruition.
And if they do? According to these same experts, there will be new risks and HMRC enforcement powers…
Umbrella contractors will be motivated to go back to PSC models. But how and when they do it will…
Osborne Clarke's Workforce Solutions Team sheds some light on the repeal of IR35/Off-Payroll reforms and addresses the most pressing questions contractors have right now. Plus a tip from WTT Consulting on how long you may have to wait…
IR35 repeal to boost freelancer and digital nomad job opportunities
Following the news that IR35 will be repealed as of April 2023, freelancers can go back to determining their freelance status rather than be beholden to blanket inside IR35 status determinations and freelance job platform businesses are…
IR35 Off-Payroll reforms repealed: initial reactions
OPINION
The news of the repeal of the IR35 OffPayroll reforms couldn't have come at a better time for freelancers across the UK. And what a surprise the news was! No waiting months for some radical reform to happen. In one swift…
Government response to PAC’s IR35 report is “legally incorrect” “predictable” and loaded with “ivory…
The Government has responded to the Public Account Committee’s report on the lessons learned from implementing IR35 that was published in May 2022, but IR35 compliance experts aren’t convinced contractor concerns are being fairly addressed…
IR35: Truss must “fix it or ditch it” to boost economy, says compliance expert
Conservative leader and Prime Minister candidate Liz Truss has pledged, if voted into power, to review IR35, the tax legislation that many serving and working in the freelance economy see as an “iron shackle” on their employment and…
HMRC scrutiny over freelancers on the rise
TAX CLINIC/READER QUESTION
What would trigger an HMRC investigation? Is it different for a limited company freelancer versus an umbrella company worker? And if your umbrella company or payroll service has been named by HMRC as a tax…
HR mistakes to blame for IR35 investigations
HMRC is actively investigating IR35 compliance across many sectors, but the oil and gas sector is particularly under the scope. A report reveals that many investigations gone wrong might be avoided if in-house HR training and processes…