HMRC has revealed, via a Freedom of Information response, that use of its IR35 status checker tool is declining, as around 20% of users continue to get an undetermined response from it.

IR35 has not been an issue for me, as many of the qualifiers which would bring me inside IR35 do not apply. This could, of course, change in the future.

Explore how IR35 has a key part to play in HS2’s debacle and its impact on the project's contractors and timeline.

The headlines about HS2, England’s high-speed railway project, are bleak. Delays stretching beyond 2033, fraud investigations, cost overruns and ...

The chancellor Rachel Reeves is being urged to review how much "non-essential" departmental spend has been generated since the introduction of the public sector IR35 reforms in April 2017 as part ...

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 ...

Ultimately, reforming IR35 legislation into the private sector is likely to have a dramatically negative effect on UK freelancers and contractors no matter what date it comes into effect.

By repealing IR35 reform, the government have effectively admitted that it has not worked. On the whole, it has made working as a contractor and engaging them as a business more difficult.

What does outside IR35 mean? A person operating outside IR35 is someone who operates as a genuine independent business and therefore falls outside of the scope of IR35. A person outside IR35 pays ...