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IR35 Victory for Contractor

An engineer working on a contract basis for Airbus UK won his appeal against HMRC’s determination that he should be taxed as an employee under IR35 rules rather than as self-employed. Following a hearing in Bristol in November, the First … Continue reading

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IR35 – when is abolished, not abolished …?

All herald the end of IR35, the complex and utterly futile attempt at raising extra revenue by re categorising self employed individuals as deemed employees – not quite! Although the Small Business Minister, Mark Frisk said in an interview with … Continue reading

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IR35 Employment Status – Coalition v. HMRC

So in an effort to simplify the tax position of self employed individuals, the Coalition has announced that they are to review IR35, which in theory is good news. Far too much time and money has been taken up with … Continue reading

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Employment Status – it’s as simple as TMS, or is it!

Announcing that you have a cunning plan to avoid Employers NIC is one thing, telling the world it has HMRC approval is another thing altogether but this is the latest idea by TMS for commission-only  individuals. Now it strikes this … Continue reading

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False Self Employment in the Construction Industry Update

At last the results of the consultation exercise, False Self Employment in the Construction Industry have been published and we seem to be back to an old style consultation – we ask for your views then when we don’t like … Continue reading

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It’s not “false” self employment it’s false employment

How can it be possibly argued that this was ever going to be a genuine consultation exercise based on looking after the greater good of the subcontractor when you look at the nitty gritty and find out that the “consultation” … Continue reading

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And yet more employment status

Well, how many stories can there be regarding the Inland Revenue’s employment status indicator tool – unfortunately too many for it to funny but even worse is the attitude of some compliance officers. I’ve actually had a status inspector who … Continue reading

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Employment Status Indicator Tool cont…

As promised I am today carrying on with tales of the unexpected or should I be saying tales that should not happen – the saga that is the Inland Revenue’s employment status indicator tool. When the idea of this was … Continue reading

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HMRC Employment Status indicator tool is schizophrenic!

If you’ve been reading my blogs you’ll know that I’m a firm believer in taking expert advice in all areas of life – would you have your GP carrying out open heart surgery? – no you wouldn’t and tax is … Continue reading

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