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The decision to postpone the latest IR35 Forum meeting could indicate progress on the proposals being looked at to improve IR35 administration. HMCR confirmed that the meeting originally scheduled for January 18th has been moved to the 21st February following … Continue reading
This year has been a busy year for contractors as well as for ICS in what has been a turbulent 12 months for the UK economy and jobs market. Despite some difficult times the demand for contractors has remained high, … Continue reading
With the future of IR35 still progressing with the work of the IR35 Forum, rulings on IR35 cases are still ongoing despite a fall in enquiries in recent years. The most recent case to go to a tribunal has seen … Continue reading
The IR35 Forum held their fourth meeting last month, where a number of issues were addressed including the latest on the IR35 ‘business test’ and discussion on prioritising high risk cases. One of the members of the IR35 Forum this … Continue reading
With HMRC working towards finding a more efficient IR35 solution and improved tax efficiency, there were some promising figures for them this week, as the amount collected from compliance activity was at the highest level for five years. Recent figures … Continue reading
The minutes of the latest IR35 Forum have been published on the HMRC website, with further discussion taking place regarding potential IR35 tests and the cases which HMRC are aiming to target. Following the October IR35 Forum meeting, HMRC and … Continue reading
Despite figures last month showing that IR35 revenue was incredibly low, new findings have found this to be not entirely accurate. The PCG requested information from the government into IR35 enquiries and their success and revenue, however further investigations have … Continue reading
National Freelancers Day aims to celebrate freelancing and this year as part of their initiative to raise awareness about freelancing, they have designed a quiz called simply, ‘Fit to Freelance Quiz’. The short quiz consists of 9 questions all about … Continue reading
The IR35 Forum held their third meeting last month in their ongoing review of the IR35 legislation. The meeting was attended by most of the leading contractor and recruiter industry groups, including the REC, PCG, FCSA and APSCo, as well … Continue reading
A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed IR35’s recent yield and that only 322 cases have been examined in the last five years. The number of IR35 status enquiries fell from 158 in 2006/2007 to 23 in 2010/2011. This … Continue reading
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