Dec 21, 2022 OTS report on hybrid working highlights the need for change By Philip Swinburn The Office of Tax Simplification issued their parting gift on 20 December setting out the complexities associated with hybrid and...
Oct 05, 2022 How should businesses respond to the recent IR35 announcement? By Philip Swinburn Nigel Doran Jeremy McCallum The recent announcement at the “mini-Budget” to reverse the changes to the IR35 rules bring the legislation back to where it was before 6...
Mar 18, 2020 IR35 reform delayed By Philip Swinburn Last night the Chief Treasury Secretary announced that the long awaited Off-Payroll Worker (IR35) tax reforms would be delayed by one...
Aug 28, 2019 Blanket enquiries - HMRC turns up the heat on contractors By Philip Swinburn The Financial Times has reported that almost 1,500 contractors who provide services to GSK have received letters from HMRC querying their...
Aug 21, 2019 Paying employees in bitcoin - a crypto-headache? By Lewin Higgins-Green The Financial Times reports that it is becoming increasingly common (although, I assume, still rather rare) for employees within the...
Jul 11, 2019 IR35 changes loom large over businesses as draft legislation published By Philip Swinburn Lewin Higgins-Green From 6 April 2020, employers engaging contractors through personal service companies (PSCs) will be responsible for determining whether...
May 30, 2019 IR35, easy as 1, 2, 3... 4...? By Philip Swinburn Most businesses will be aware of the upcoming change in relation to individuals engaged for services via a personal services company. You...
Mar 07, 2019 Changes to off-payroll working in the private sector By Lewin Higgins-Green The government previously announced that from 6 April 2020 all medium and large businesses who engage "off-payroll workers" (for example...