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Off-payroll working: firms spending 74 times HMRC’s estimated cost
OPINION
HMRC has just released its own research into the impact of Off-payroll working. The report follows externally commissioned work that came out in the same week. Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of tax compliance firm IR35 Shield…
Has HMRC admitted that contractors are now paying unnecessary taxes?
Recourse for contractors whose Off-payroll status has been incorrectly assessed appears not to be a priority for the government, according to contractor service specialists
A recent HMRC report revealed that a third of businesses…
HMRC Off-payroll impact report a “statistical howler” says IR35 expert
OPINION
By Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of tax compliance firm IR35 Shield
Findings of an HMRC research report on the impact of the Off-payroll working rules on the contractor labour market, private sector and voluntary sector…
IR35: Contractors lose their independence, now careers finds new report
Twelve months on Contractors are still considering leaving their profession due to IR35, according to a new survey. The news comes at a time that experts call for a boycott of the Future of Work Review as they predict it could stifle…
How is HMRC’s “Don’t’ Get Caught Out” campaign “helping” contractors?
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.Nelson Mandela
Many of you may recall that back in April HMRC named and shamed tax avoidance schemes used by umbrella companies for the first time. There was even a video (see…
Contractor input excluded from Off-Payroll report
HMRC has published its report, ‘Long-term effects of the Off-Payroll working rules reform for public sector organisations’, but some IR35 and contractor industry experts suggest the report appears self-serving and one-sided.
The…
Off-payroll Legislative “side effects” are piling up
The impacts or "side effects" of Off-payroll legislation and private sector IR35 reform on the flexible labour market have been unravelling fast since April, as The Freelance Informer has previously reported. Yet, there seems to be an…
Interim vacancies set to grow in 2022 says APSCo CEO
Which sectors and companies are hiring interims and why?
Interim vacancies will continue to grow in 2022 as demand for flexible talent shows no signs of slowing down, according to new research from the Association of…
blanket bans on PSC contractors exposes UK to risks
SPECIAL REPORT
UK vulnerable to extreme risks due to government’s “default to secrecy” and lack of experts
COVID-19 has exposed the UK’s risk management system so much that it is deemed as “deficient and too inflexible”…
Major IT projects: are they misunderstood by tax tribunals?
IT Contractor Robert Lee and his company Northern Lights have had his appeal dismissed against HMRC by Upper Tribunal. Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator offers his insights into the key lessons from the case.
HMRC has won a…