IR35 campaigners have welcomed changes made by the Inland Revenue in the way it assesses whether someone is genuinely self-employed -- a move that could mark a thawing in relations between IT ...

The High Court carrying out the judicial review into IR35 has declared that the controversial statute that attempts to reclassify self-employed contractors as employees for tax purposes will stand.

In 2000, IR35 was given legislative effect and essentially curbed the use of PSCs for tax avoidance. It re-entered the limelight again recently when an association of contractors asked the courts for ...

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 ...

The guidelines, which have been passed on to tax experts and contractor groups for comment, look at three hypothetical contractors: one affected by IR35, one not, and a borderline case.

Judge rules IR35 legal, with guidelinesKarl Cushing The High Court has ruled that IR35 is not illegal but has issued strict guidelines to make sure that the tax is fairer in its treatment of small ...

Under the current IR35/Off-Payroll Working (OPW) rules (Chapter 10, ITEPA 2003), medium and large companies are responsible for determining the employment status of contractors who work through a ...

HMRC's guidelines on the application of IR35 have been criticised for not going far enough to tackle the problem of defining employment status ...

IT WAS HOPED that when HM Revenue & Customs released guidelines on when contractors’ tax rules should be applied, that the issue could be laid to rest and we would all know where we stand on the ...

Government departments landed with tax bills totalling just over £120m over contractor IR35 status errors, despite receiving HMRC guidance and training. ... (HMRC) guidelines and training. ...

UP to 90,000 small contractors lost their battle with the Inland Revenue yesterday, when a High Court judge rejected claims that the controversial IR35 tax regime was incompatible with European ...

Tory leader William Hague last week warned that the Government's controversial IR35 legislation will lead to a brain drain as self-employed IT workers flee higher taxes in the UK.