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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IR35 tax reform causes mass exodus of public sector contractors
Source: Recruiter.co.uk April’s IR35 tax reform is causing a mass exodus of public sector contractor talent and delays to projects agencies are recruiting for, according to research from contracting site […]
Have your say. Should we Scrap IR35 legislation reform proposals for public sector off-payroll workers?
The Petition The proposal is to make ‘engagers’ deduct PAYE tax & NIC at source for self-employed people operating via a Limited Company if the end client is in the […]