Treasury IR35 off-payroll review offers help, of sorts, to contractor sector

New legal duty on clients to state if they’re exempt is the biggest win for agencies and PSCs.

Contractors’ Questions: Can a client charge me for having to test my IR35 status?

The off-payroll legislative draft is silent on who could, should and does pay for the Status Determination Statement.

HMRC quietly publishes IR35 Forum minutes from August 2019, in February 2020

Delays, dissent and dickey-birds. An advisory says it all looks hugely haphazard on the taxman’s part.

Contractors’ Questions: What if I’m inside IR35, was outside, and now face a Fixed-Term Contract?

‘HMRC will know when you move from caught to not caught, but forget the fear, you’ve got five actions to take.’

A UK contractor’s timely guide to contracting in the Netherlands

Payroll reform could affect your next Dutch contract, but it probably won’t take the gloss off it.

Contractors, now’s your final time to tell the Lords about IR35 reform

The deadline to give peers your take on the off-payroll rules is imminent. Act now.

Lords scrutinise IR35 reform’s costs, in their latest probe into ‘David Vs Goliath’

Peers ask for off-payroll rule price tags which (unlike HMRC’s) won’t fade under scrutiny.

Delay April’s off-payroll rules? The taxman’s own figures make the case

Are we all ready for the new IR35? Not according to HMRC’s straw polls on its latest webinar.

Chancellor Sunak vows IR35 reform 'tweaks' ahead of 12-month 'soft landing'

New Treasury boss fails to impress with talk of off-payroll ‘improvements’ and a ‘not heavy-handed’ HMRC.

Choosing an umbrella company from a recruitment agency PSL amid IR35 reform

Picking a brolly from a Preferred Supplier List is easier if you grasp its operation, economics and even its politics.

One contractor’s light hearted approach to IR35 reform

Paul wrote a short song and made a video all about IR35 reform.

What HMRC just told us about IR35 reform and why it's worrying

‘Forget any soft landing, it’s enforcement action as necessary; prepared or not.’

Lords add fuel to a taxman and government under fire over IR35

Second off-payroll inquiry session hears HMRC has a blind-spot, and government can’t join up facts.

Contractors’ Questions: Can I escape IR35 by taking a fixed-term contract?

Personal preference dictates if payroll trumps PSC, but beware the retrospective risk.

Working through HMRC’s off-payroll (IR35) rules: a step-by-step for PSCs

How limited company contractors can navigate the minefield of IR35 reform.

Contractors’ Questions: What if my client’s contract spec is similar to its ‘job description’?

Expert gives unexpected advice to PSCs treated as permies: ‘make like HMRC.’

The IR35 risk may be real, but it’s HMRC self-assessment penalties which are biting now

It’s up to contractor-taxpayers to take ‘reasonable care,’ as blaming your accountant for being late won’t wash.

IR35 reform: a limited company contractor’s guide to Reasonable Care

What ‘RC’ is in HMRC’s eyes; how PSCs may see it being taken and what it doesn’t look like.

Treasury minister Jesse Norman says IR35 blanketing isn’t happening

Determinations like 'all caught,' 'all banned' (and the like) aren’t being made -- minister.

Contractors’ advisers urge caution on IR35 after Sajid Javid quits as chancellor

‘It’s tempting to think a new broom at HMT will sweep in change.’ But don’t, warn experts.

‘Prolific’ contractor bans due to IR35 reform putting defence projects ‘at risk’

‘More concerning’ than the banks’ actions, is defence companies making do without ‘highly-skilled’ PSCs.

Westminster overrun by hundreds of contractors protesting against IR35

Loud off-payroll march gives even the ‘tin-earned Treasury’ no excuse to say it hasn’t been warned.

IR35 branded to peers as ‘the sickly child who’s never got any better’

Off-payroll inquiry told that April’s reform should only ever be a ‘temporary sticking plaster.’

What I made of giving evidence to the Lords’ inquiry into IR35 reform

A rushed resolution to the longstanding off-payroll issue is undesirable. The softest of soft landings isn’t.

REC reissues IR35 reform alert, as IT contractor demand keeps tumbling

‘Third consecutive month of IT contractor demand getting deeper into negative territory warrants a delay.’

Getting the most out of your contractor limited company while it’s still thriving

Tax, training and pensions should be on your PSC’s agenda. As should no knee-jerking.

HMRC changes IR35 off-payroll rules, just eight weeks shy of their feared start

A confusing yet helpful Treasury tweak to ‘give businesses more time,’ makes any further delay look fanciful.

Contractors urged to ‘evidence-base’ their Lords’ IR35 inquiry submissions

‘Go with the facts about how off-payroll reform has upended you, so the forget ‘it isn’t fair’ rhetoric.’

Lords’ off-payroll probe ‘the final push government needs to delay private sector IR35 reform’

As HMRC and HMT can’t rule a deferral out, contractors are called to get their written submissions in.

Why the perfect contractor storm would be Entrepreneurs’ Relief changing with IR35

What if you’ve ceased trading; what if you’re not ready and what if you’ve got a director’s loan? Among other issues – answered.

Umbrella contractors, what will the Swedish Derogation Model’s removal mean for you?

Despite the IR35 hype, and the Taylor Review fanfare, the SDM’s demise should be quite a quiet affair.

MPs to quiz Sir Amyas Morse over ‘halfway house’ Loan Charge Review

The former head of the National Audit Office is to be summoned over a review that’s left 40,000 contractors in the cold.

Fidelity International joins Lloyds and HSBC in halting PSCs from consultancies

The investment firm is the latest to rate third-parties’ limited companies as too high-risk.

Contractors’ Questions: What is HMRC’s example of a client not taking reasonable care with IR35?

The full case study of an engager responsible, and liable, because they didn’t take ‘prudent and reasonable steps.’

HMRC leaks its own IR35 off-payroll guidance in online 'publishing error'

Taxman presses the launch button too early on more than 30 (draft) IR35 status manuals.

Rivals compel clients to rethink their inside IR35 decisions

‘Lots’ of engagers are asking how to match their competitors so they too can operate PSCs outside IR35.

Treasury answers IR35-concerned MPs with cut-and-paste response

Only one word of difference in the minister’s secondary answer to two different probes about IR35 reform.