Following the roll out of Off Payroll rules in April, the subject of compliant umbrella companies has become a hot topic, with reports of non-compliant models increasingly being covered in recent months. While it’s a complex topic and any…
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IR35 expert, Qdos, have reacted to damning data that exposes the flaws of HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool, used by businesses to determine the IR35 status of contractors.
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The government has recently announced that it will be creating a single enforcement body to protect the rights of workers and clamp down on ill practice in the labour market. This will see the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, the…
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IR35 expert, Qdos, has carried out extensive research into the initial impact of the introduction of IR35 reform in the private sector on 6th April. The exclusive insight, carried out among 1846 UK contractors affected by changes to IR35,…
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Despite passionate and well-presented speeches by David Davis MP and Iain Duncan-Smith MP recently to introduce amendments to the Finance Bill that would serve to clamp down on non-compliance and malpractice in the umbrella sector the…
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The latest and perhaps most high-profile IR35 case is currently being fought by Gary Lineker against HMRC claims that he owes £4.9million in unpaid tax. Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator described the move as a “misguided attempt”…
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Commenting on the report, Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of contracting authority ContractorCalculator and IR35 Shield said:
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Crawford Temple is CEO of Professional Passport, the largest independent assessor of payment intermediary compliance. He has some advice for the supply chain as the roll-out of the Off-Payroll rules kick in today:
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IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said that the changes to IR35 self-employed taxation are undermining the sector at the “worst possible time”. IPSE research has shown that half (50 per cent) of…
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