The NHS has been hit with a £4.3million tax bill after HMRC decided it had set its contractors’ IR35 status incorrectly, even though the organisation used the taxman’s very own IR35 tool, CEST, when doing so.
NHS Digital announced in its Annual Report and Accounts earlier this week that despite having used “the toolkit supplied by HMRC” to determine IR35, the tax office is under the impression contractors engaged between 1st April 2017 and 31st December 2018 had their tax status assessed inaccurately.
As a result, HMRC is demanding millions in unpaid tax, interest and penalties from the national healthcare service.
NHS Digital announced in its Annual Report and Accounts earlier this week that despite having used “the toolkit supplied by HMRC” to determine IR35, the tax office is under the impression contractors engaged between 1st April 2017 and 31st December 2018 had their tax status assessed inaccurately.
As a result, HMRC is demanding millions in unpaid tax, interest and penalties from the national healthcare service.
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