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IR35 and 'Indecisive': HMRC CEST tool leaves freelancers and contractors in limbo
HMRC’s IR35 tool, Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST), has been monitored and the results have shown that the online tool has been unable to del...
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Construction companies in the dark over IR35 tax regs: are your clients up to speed to keep your job intact, projects on track and on budget?
An IR35 education drive is urgently needed as the majority of construction businesses are unprepared for significant changes to contractor tax legi...
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Contractors under pressure: HMRC re-opens IR35 enquiries and looks to open new cases, says Qdos report
With the effects of the pandemic on the UK economy, it is not surprising that HMRC’s compliance activity seems to be increasing in all areas, accor...
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IR35 biggest threat to survival of UK freelance economy, says report
There is rising concern among limited company directors that the deliberate decision of the UK government to exclude limited company directors from...
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IR35 + Brexit: 2021 to be recruitment hell for UK interim contractors and UK Plc turnarounds
The pernicious effects of IR35 are bearing down on Interim Management contractors in the UK, according to Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis ...
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IR35: Answers to the 10 most frequently asked questions
Kevin Barrow and Frances Lewis, of Osborne Clarke's Workforce Solutions Sector practice, answer the IR35 questions that employers and staffing comp...
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Majority of UK contractors are 'outside IR35', but big companies are still making 'blanket bans', says report
Being self-employed is often a personal choice led by personal circumstances or an innate entrepreneurial drive to carve out your own career and de...
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IR35 could spark more power in the hands of umbrella companies and less for freelancers
Once IR35 comes around next year, the entrepreneurial spirit of the freelance economy could be driven out of the UK, leaving contractors and freela...
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Hiring companies & IR35: Does recent news mean that umbrella companies should not be used?
Recent reports that a final amendment to the IR35 legislation means that staffing companies or end-users, who rely on so-called umbrella companies ...
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Inside IR35 - Are contractors paying over the odds to indirectly cover ENI and umbrella company margins? If so, are there alternatives?
Limited company contractors may need to look to smaller companies and startups for future work so that they can determine their own destiny, ensure...
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Self-employed and scared: millions in the UK are on brink of ruin and policy is at the heart of it
Conditions for economic growth, are 'not a mystery', says the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But ...
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IR35: HMRC could change its tactics overnight
Businesses should be prepared for the HMRC to change tactics on IR35 if current actions are anything to go by, according to Penny Simmons, a t...