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Seb Maley

Seb Maley is an IR35 expert, regularly commenting in national media on the topic. He is CEO of Qdos Contractor, a leading IR35 advisor and IR35 insurance company.

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The latest public sector IR35 bill is pretty swingeing -- but the overall trend suggests public sector bodies are getting to grips with the OPW rules, after seven long years.

Sympathy for the Sky Sports pundit. Frustration in his defence. Same old HMRC. But rules are rules.

28th August, 2024 | IR35

A rethink on limited company workers is underway by large and pragmatic end-users, even if it is still shy of a policy shift.

The Points of View presenter has his own point of view thrown out by the FTT, cueing up a full blown hearing into his IR35 status.

It's hard not to condemn the government as presiding over a series of missed opportunities with contractors paying the price.

The prolonged pursuit of the Daybreak and Radio 5 Live host is understandably taking its toll on the presenter’s mental health.

If what HMRC threw at limited company contractors and end-users in late 2023 is anything to go by, here’s what’s in store in 2024.

An overview for contractors on the overdue but massively welcome resolution to the ‘double-taxation’ of IR35.

12th December, 2023 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Explainer on HMRC’s SDC, including three steps contractors can take to stop SDC being present.

13th September, 2023 | Successful Contracting

Hiring 1,630 temps but not engaging a single PSC outside IR35, the recruitment approach of the Revenue is irony at its most alarming.

Stopping the taxman in his tracks as he took on an end-user with 300+ contractors went like this.

A silver bullet to stop HMRC is the stuff of legends. All the more reason to protect yourself with these five.

10th May, 2023 | IR35

New figures indicating the off-payroll figures will rake in £6billion from an invariably over the moon HMRC are damning.

Overview of what cover from the Intermediaries legislation/off-payroll rules actually looks like.

27th January, 2023 | IR35

Badly let down by his accountants, the Sky Sports pundit and former rugby star won’t even get to tackle the taxman.

A status expert’s reflections on 12 months that will live long in the memory – for all the wrong reasons.

Shambolic decision-making by government on the off-payroll rules in recent years, and months, just sunk to a new nonsensical low.

Logic prevails – even in Whitehall, where the historic decision to banish off-payroll reform is the right one.

A public sector IR35 mistake of a different kind is still an opportunity HMRC probably won’t miss.

A new agreement ‘because of IR35’ says the right thing on mutuality, and hours, but gets it wrong on exclusivity.

3rd August, 2022 | IR35