Recent HMRC action against avoidance of tax payments demonstrate the importance of understanding IR35 in the supply chain.

An off-payroll rules update by HMRC is far from the full story. But the subtext is clear – the reformed IR35 rules aren’t going anywhere.

It’s technically more accurate to refer to these reforms as the ‘Off-Payroll Working’ (OPW) rules. But because many hirers, agencies and others conflate ‘OPW’ with IR35, and because ContractorUK ...

The number of contractors who provide services to end clients through umbrella companies is thought to have soared in recent years, following the introduction of changes to the IR35 tax-avoidance ...

A recent government report on IR35 revealed that £4.2bn in extra tax was generated since the reforms, but experts have warned that the impact “has been continually downplayed.” The off ...

HMRC’s enforcement of IR35 off-payroll working rules has generated an extra £4.2bn in tax over the past four years, affecting approximately 120,000 contractors. The reforms—initially imposed in the ...