Just because government are unable to sort out Brexit, this does not mean that IR35 scheduled in for April 2020 is going to be delayed. Regardless of Brexit, a General Election and possible leader change, IR35 will still be in place and actioned. There has been much mentioned recently that with a General Election and possible change in government IR35 will be shelved. This is not going to happen, according to a representative from Saffrey Champness, one of the UK's Top 20 accountancy … [Read more...]
IR35 and the Private Sector changes April 2020
This has and will be a very hot topic over the coming months with the April deadline fast approaching. The new “off-payroll” tax rules are coming in to effect across the private sector as of 6th April 2020. The revamp of the existing IR35 laws, which were introduced in 2000, ensuring that contractors not meeting HMRC’s definition of Self-Employed are not benefiting from tax breaks that are associated with contracting.Since the Public Sector changes back in 2017, the rules require companies … [Read more...]