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 […]
IIM Interim Management survey has launched
Source: IIM The Institute of Interim Management (IIM) is the UK’s professional body for independent professionals operating at board or near-board level as interim managers and executives, in business on […]
Legal challenges to IR35 public sector reforms seem inevitable
Source: FCSA 50% of FCSA survey responses stated that no IR35 compliance tests had been carried out More than one third of respondents believe that legal challenges will now transpire […]
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 […]
The devastating impact of IR35 on business and the UK economy
Source: Julia Kermode, FCSA April 6th 2017 might have been just another date at the start of another new tax year but for many in the public sector it has […]
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 […]
How to be prepared for working as an interim or consultant
Source: Competex So you’ve decided to take the plunge and set yourself up independently as a consultant or an interim manager? Great work! You know you have the skills, experience […]
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 […]