by admin | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has recently released its Annual Report for 2017 to 2018. According to its estimates, the IR35 reform in the public sector has been a success. HMRC estimates that it has resulted in an increase of £410 million in public revenues. A report... 
by admin | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The government is not addressing the concerns of the industry regarding the Check Employment Status Tool (CEST). According to the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, the government is not taken into consideration views of stakeholders that... 
by admin | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Finance Act 2017 had introduced 2019 Loan Charge that has raised a lot of controversies. It is a tax charge on outstanding loans taken through any disguised remuneration (DR) scheme used for tax avoidance. When Mel Stride, the current Finance Secretary, was asked... 
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) is the UK’s largest community of professionals working for promoting the interest of self-employed. The organization is the voice of the self-employed who make up one in seven individuals... 
by admin | Jul 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
A survey carried out by Contractor Calculator has found that most contractors resist accepting off-payroll contracts. The survey had found that the contractors are reluctant to accept any contract that would result in placing them inside IR35. The poll surveyed more... 
by admin | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
The BBC is negotiating with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to reach a solution for determining the employment status of off-payroll workers. The talks are underway to determine whether its off-payroll workers are considered self-employed as per HMRC’s IR35... 
by admin | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
The House of Commons Library is tasked with providing Member of Parliaments (MPs) and the staffs with information that is required to support their parliamentary duties. In consideration of the currently open consultation on IR35 reform in the private sector, the... 
by admin | Jun 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Deliveroo has to pay a six-figure bill to settle an employment rights battle brought by dozens of its riders, underlining continuing tensions over the treatment of so-called gig economy workers. We had learned that the food delivery app had agreed to award 50 of its... 
by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
IPSE expressed its satisfaction with the CRSE Report which claims that in pure numbers, on average self-employed employee’s exhibit higher levels of life satisfaction than their full-time counterparts. In a grand sense of irony, the report was released on National... 
by admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the contentious issues surrounding the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)’s IR35 tax reform relates to the self-employment status. A lot of court cases today relate to the status of independent contractors. The confusion needs to be resolved to ensure that... 
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