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What can contractors learn from the Stuart Barnes IR35 case?
Sky Sports presenter and former rugby union pro, Stuart Barnes, has won a £695,000 IR35 case against HM Revenue & Customs.
Known as the "voice of rugby" for his television commentating and articles published across different…
A new tech freelance job platform is on the scene
Q&A
A new on-demand tech freelancer job platform called Gigged.AI has launched. Katherine Steiner-Dicks asks its CEO Rich Wilson some detailed questions to see if the HR tech startup is just another freelancer platform or one that…
Why is IR35 so scary for contractors?
IR35 outstrips tax increases and cost of living as contractors’ biggest concern for 2023
Despite inflation reaching a 41-year high recently and the raft of tax freezes and tax hikes to be introduced in the 2023/24 tax year, the IR35…
Government IR35 study reveals extra taxes likely being raised “unfairly”
OPINION
Following the publication of the government and HMRC joint report on the introduction of IR35 reform in the private and voluntary sectors, IR35 experts have highlighted what they see as a "red herring" which indicates that…
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Some legal experts are not convinced that IR35 reforms set to be repealed in April 2023 will be set in stone or even come to fruition.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…