Archive of IR35
Contractor ruled both inside and outside IR35 in landmark split ruling
03 January 2012
An unprecedented verdict has been given in an IR35 case as an IT contractor has been ruled both inside and outside of the legislation whilst working at a single workplace. John Spencer had been trading as a limited company for 20 years, but the HMRC ruled that whilst working with company Allianz, he was both ...
Plans to bring in big changes to the tax system
15 November 2011
A number of ideas have been announced by the government, as part of their initiative to make the income tax system in the UK less complicated and more transparent for both taxpayers and employers. A public consultation is currently taking place and the government has come up with a number of suggestions to make the ...
HMRC reveals full details of IR35 reviews
27 October 2011
A Freedom of Information request has led to HMRC revealing details of all the IR35 investigations that have taken place since 2000. This is the second FOI request to HMRC over IR35 and has revealed that since 2000, 4,208 reviews have taken place and raised £12million. A previous FOI request revealed details between 2005 and ...
HMRC starting to make changes thanks to IR35 forum
14 October 2011
The minutes of September’s meeting of the IR35 forum have been published and show that the tax body is starting to make some changes to the administration of the tax. HMRC highlighted four areas which they plan on improving and these are the IR35 helpline, guidance to contractors, status review and process of investigation, and ...
