IR35 News

Peers follow the NAO in rebuking the government on IR35 reform, but this time around, demand answers to a deadline.

Watchdog exposes ‘serious problems of HMRC’s own making,’ including charging non-compliant contractors the wrong amounts.

Off-payroll experts say a 79-page downplaying of the April 2017 rules renders some of the findings ‘unbelievable.’

Latest department to bodge the taxman’s off-payroll rules takes his public sector windfall for IR35 non-compliance to a colossal £244million.

Despite help from a Baroness, Lucy Frazer has to be corrected by HMRC and now, by contractor group IPSE.

Tweeted about her ‘tremendous’ knowledge-gap, the new minister appeared to the Lords as the personification of the taxman’s discredited evidence.

Off-payroll advisers say the evidence couldn’t be clearer, or more abundant, given there’s eight months of it.

The off-payroll probing peers make a beeline for ‘solutions,’ with CEST and SDP out in front.

Sounding stuck on the phrase ‘too early,’ the taxman is told he’s not telling peers a full or realistic IR35 reform story.

Another member of your client’s team as a sub is a sub you could do without, says ex-Revenue official.

No contract reviewer ‘worth their salt’ in the corner of Sky Sports’ Dave Clark saw him defenceless to HMRC -- experts.

‘Naïve arguments’ on the presenter’s behalf credited with a ‘big part of the nightmare’ for the Little Bit of Paradise director.

Silence on off-payroll and umbrellas speaks volumes -- that the ‘anti-contractor arc’ is now ‘business as usual’ for HMG.

Two separate inquiries into the Intermediaries legislation emerge on the cusp of Autumn Budget 2021.

The residual risk of IR35 just got real (for a bit) for two PSCs, confirming retrospective challenges are still a threat.

Neither inside nor outside means it’s time to consult a non-tool, to head off ‘horribly costly’ outcomes.

Not many advisers are in agreement about what the football referees’ status replay means for contractors.

Under a sort of drop-ball decision, PGMOL will restart at the FTT because judges committed fouls on Mutuality and Control.

Mid-sized clients exposed as treating off-payroll rules as a covid add-on, with most not tracking or tracing contractors for IR35.

Answers demanded as HM Courts & Tribunal Service fluffs off-payroll legislation, taking the taxman’s haul to £135million.

The taxman, the ultimate setter of deadlines, embarrassingly misses the cut-off to overturn a tribunal’s outside IR35 judgment.

Statement of Works users on official alert to ‘make sure you’re applying the rules correctly.’

The tech recruiter says a contractor hiring increase of 17% comes despite off-payroll 'concerns.'

The strange, ‘complex’ case of the contractor outside IR35, put inside IR35; who disagreed, only to rubbish a sub clause which a judge backed.

The April rules have helped bring the UK’s supply chains to crisis point, says the RHA.

Even by the taxman’s own figures, Check Employment Status for Tax is still not fit for purpose -- advisers.

Taxman forced to reveal that at just a little over its halfway point, his IR35 tool swallowed a lot -- almost £2million.

A Nationwide IT contractor who worked as a project manager falls short by 'fine margins.'

Two studies put one in three contractors as not caught by the ‘damning’ April 6th rules.

A multi-million pound worker compensation bill could compel droves of employers – and self-employed individuals – to act.

The taxman is trying to blow the whistle on the Match of the Day presenter, but experts say he’s got an open goal -- his brand.

Chatting is recommended to help keep the weight of formal disagreements to a mere ‘deluge.’

Taxman takes on board two errors he made, but is warned: ‘I shall keep nit-picking.’

Contentious reforms to the Intermediaries legislation are finally here. But what do they mean for you?

Agencies have had to ‘pick their battles’ to succeed in preparing end-users for Tuesday’s ‘big difference’ – SThree.

Ominous warning implies that 25 errors in a single Revenue webinar could be just the tip of the iceberg.

Top adviser to contractors sullied by the Revenue, for taking too much ‘reasonable care’ in his assessment of official advice to agencies.

Off-payroll workers on cusp of a possible sea change, as blanketing and banning starts getting reviewed and reversed.

Agencies and lawyers try to put the off-payroll legislation’s tweaks into practical terms.

Chancellor fails to mention the April rules, which advisers say the government has 700,000 new reasons to ‘blindingly’ press ahead with.