Umbrella companies protect you from IR35 whilst still maximising your pay. Here we have all the latest news on this controversial piece of tax law.
Within hours on HMRC publishing its IR35 guidance, members of the IR35 Forum issued a statement saying the document did not take key elements of their advice into consideration.
IR35 Forum members are disappointed with HMRC » Read the full story
The long awaited IR35 guidance was published on Wednesday. The guidance will enable contractors to determine if their contract is disguised employment or if they really are in business in their own right.
HMRC publishes IR35 Business Entity Tests » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors are no doubt waiting to find out what the government intends to do about IR35.
Six IR35 scenarios to be published on HMRC website » Read the full story
It’s Budget Day tomorrow; the weeks of speculation will be over and UK taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors, will discover what is in store for them over the next 12 months.
Are umbrella company contractors waiting with bated breath for the Budget? » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors may start to see the results of the Office of Tax Simplification’s work on IR35 as early as April 6th.
Will the latest OTS recommendation for IR35 be implemented? » Read the full story
Umbrella contractors may be interested to learn that the Revenue is getting near to finalising the new regime for IR35.
HMRC finalises new IR35 regime for contractors » Read the full story
No sooner has the furore surrounding Mr Lester died down, it now transpires that the Department of Health has been paying 25 senior members of staff through limited companies. In fact more than £4 million has been paid out in this way.
Are Government contractors exempt from IR35? » Read the full story
Some umbrella company contractors have been getting anxious in case HMRC uses the newly proposed GAAR to hound them.
Umbrella company contractors need not fear new GAAR » Read the full story
A lot of contractors were probably waiting with bated breath to hear the latest news from the IR35 Forum. However, they were in for a disappointment when HMRC postponed the meeting scheduled for the 18th of January, saying there was more work to be done.
HMRC postpones January meeting of IR35 Forum » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors will no doubt be interested to learn that an unprecedented verdict was recently passed down in an IR35 case.
IR35 case delivers first ever split verdict » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors might be interested to learn that HMRC is considering changing the way it thinks about IR35.
HMRC has a rethink on IR35 » Read the full story
Some limited company contractors have been hoping that the government’s proposal to align income tax and National Insurance would be the final nail in the coffin for IR35.
Treasury admits income tax and NI cannot merge completely » Read the full story
Contractors, including those working through an umbrella company, may be interested to learn that the IR35 Forum is starting to make real progress.
Progress at last from the IR35 Forum » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that HMRC only yielded slightly over £200,000 last year from their enquiries into the IR35 status of self-employed workers.
IR35 enquiries don’t seem to be bringing in the cash » Read the full story
Contractors may be interested to learn that MPs from all the UK’s main political parties have pledged to address the false perceptions that exist around freelance contracting.
All-party parliamentary group investigates freelancing » Read the full story
APSCo, a group that represents many of the recruiters that umbrella company contractors work with, has become the latest organisation invited by the Revenue to join the IR35 Forum.
APSCo to be a member of the IR35 Forum » Read the full story
