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 ...

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 ...

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.

12 months from now, IR35 will be introduced into the private sector, two years after it was first implemented in the public sector. The over-complicated legislation has not been completely ironed out ...

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 ...

Create guidelines for ongoing monitoring and status reassessment of workers. Step 5: Establish ongoing compliance measures. Set up regular audits of contractor engagements, keeping an eye on any ...

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

A series of high-profile tax payments from government departments this summer has highlighted that the transition to IR35 compliance is far from over for the public sector, despite new ...

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 ...