Gigging can be a rough ride for some
Author: Julia Kermode, FCSA Will Shu, the chief executive and co-founder of Deliveroo has recently said that he thinks everyone, regardless of their type of work contract, should be entitled […]
CEST exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable as ContractorCalculator re-tests evidence
Source: ContractorCalculator HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable, after a comprehensive re-testing of HMRC’s CEST test data obtained under FOI […]
Businesses to face cost hikes and skills shortages if new Off-Payroll tax hits the private sector
Source: ContractorCalculator Increasing costs, shrinking talent pools, reduced flexibility and legal challenges to status assessments are among the hurdles that firms are expected to have to navigate if the Off-Payroll […]
ContractorCalculator debunks HMRC’s claims on success of IR35 reforms
Source: Contractor Calculator Contracting expert Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of ContractorCalculator today shot down in flames claims published by HMRC into the apparent success of the Off-Payroll Reforms which […]
‘Off-Payroll Working’ in the private sector – consultation just released
Source: Contractor Calculator HMRC has today announced its consultation on off-payroll in the private sector: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-consult-on-tax-avoidance-in-the-private-sector The consultation comes one day after an IT contractor successfully won his appeal against […]
FOI investigation into HMRC’s digital tool CEST reveals thousands of contractors have been wrongly taxed
Source: Contractor Calculator An FOI investigation indicates that 54% of assessments carried out by HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool obtained a “IR35 does not apply” result. This […]
HMRC holds no detailed evidence to prove CEST accuracy claims
Source: Contractorcalculator.co.uk HMRC has acknowledged, in response to a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, that it has no detailed evidence to demonstrate that its Check Employment Status for […]
IR35 consultation delay puts April 2019 changes to PSCs in doubt
Source: Contractor UK Contractor UK has published insight that the IR35 consultation regarding PSC working in the private sector may mean that any forthcoming legislation is pushed back to April […]
IR35 – 8 months on
Author: Anthony Lewis, Penna Executive Interim We are over 8 months into the latest changes in IR35 legislation and demand is high. Reduced capacity, a need for subject matter experts, […]
Why more senior independents are switching to umbrella company working
By Amy Fowler, Competex Ltd April 2017 saw the introduction of HMRC’s ‘off-payroll working’ rules for anyone taking on temporary contracts in the public sector. The new rules specify that the end-client […]