IR35News

Kate Cottrell on her motivations for accepting a seat on the IR35 Forum.

May 16, 2012

War of words: contracting body's reply to an IR35 Forum member's comment.

May 14, 2012

New approach to personal service companies is flawed and may serve no purpose – PKF.

May 11, 2012

HMRC mauled for missing an opportunity; then making a bad situation worse.

May 10, 2012

Revenue finally publishes almost 50 pages of fresh guidance on IR35.

May 9, 2012

2,000 civil servants will help government put its own house in order ‘within three months.’

May 4, 2012

HMRC pencils in May bank holiday to publish new IR35 processes for contractors.

Apr 27, 2012

Only a week or few to wait until the future of IR35 is put beyond doubt.

Apr 5, 2012

'Historic changes to IR35 loom, while a government rethink on PSCs threatens.'

Apr 4, 2012

Contractors to be classed high, medium or low targets for IR35 investigation from next month.

Mar 26, 2012

Budget marks the beginning of a potentially taxing end for some PSC users 'integral' to their client.

Mar 22, 2012

'New IR35 focus is more on PSCs disguising employment, less on the odd caught contract.'

Feb 29, 2012

HMRC is gearing up for a year-long trial of IR35 interventions.

Feb 28, 2012

'Drawn in', or pushed? The IR35 review body joins the row over tax-saving limited company workers.

Feb 23, 2012

‘Stop stigmatising Ltd workers, especially as the IR35 forum is yet to conclude.’

Feb 21, 2012

Face of HMRC demonstrates how ‘tax doesn’t have to be taxing.’

Feb 20, 2012

PCG asks ministers, mandarins and the media to limit the hysteria about limited companies.

Feb 17, 2012

So much to do, in such little time, sees HMRC cancel today's IR35 meeting.

Jan 18, 2012

Unprecedented ruling puts contractors who break from specific projects in the dock.

Dec 14, 2011

Only four months to go until the Revenue readies IR35's successor.

Dec 7, 2011

HMRC honed its IR35 clampdown, putting in a lot less but collecting much more.

Oct 26, 2011

Industry experts set to debate the IR35 status of 12 HMRC-fed scenarios.

Oct 7, 2011

Deterrent is the other reason a cash-hungry government didn’t, and won’t, scrap IR35.

Sep 26, 2011

Revenue’s own figures prove IR35 is unwarranted and has minimal yield – PCG. 

Sep 23, 2011

‘Tax rule deserves to be shelved, and then scrapped, for failing IT contractors.’

Sep 1, 2011

Kate Cottrell reports on HMRC’s proposed Operational Strategy for the forum.

Aug 2, 2011

HMRC fails to make IR35 stick to another IT contractor; in this case after a ‘trying time’ of eight years.

Jul 19, 2011

Contentious plan to unify tax and NICs, thereby nullifying IR35, is up for debate.

Jul 19, 2011

Another win for the taxpayer, as HMRC falls down on mutuality and control.

Jul 4, 2011

Tax tribunal judges with ‘their commercial heads on’ vindicate ECR Consulting.

May 19, 2011

IR35 review expert Kate Cottrell on the future of the intractable, unchanged legislation.

May 4, 2011

‘The false self-employment clampdown should be confined to the real and few instances.’

May 3, 2011

Malicious emails ‘deploayed’ to play on IT contractors’ fears of the taxman.

Apr 7, 2011

Revenue loses its seven-year bid to make IR35 stick to a freelance engineer.

Jan 21, 2011

Taxman's IT leader seen as a case study of why IR35 was created.

Jul 27, 2010

Taxman confirms that a review is the only course officially on the table for IR35.

Jun 28, 2010

'Simpler measures' are incoming to substitute, not scrap, IR35, says coalition.

May 21, 2010

'Giving his contract to HMRC, gave Novasoft a long-lasting fight he wasn't heading for.'

May 9, 2010

'Four-year contract with the client doesn't make you embedded in their outfit.'

May 7, 2010

'Unintended consequences' will keep IR35 in business under a Tory government.

Apr 21, 2010