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IR35 danger: when your contract is different from the agency-client contract
HMRC always obtains the agency-client contract and compares it with the contractor contract. They rarely agree, and this spells trouble.
�In IR35 cases, HMRC always obtains the contract between t� �ract that you have with the agency. Two Different Contracts This presents a serious challenge to contractors,� �In IR35 cases, HMRC always obtains the contract between the agency and the client and compares it�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 10 Mar 2008

Contractor guide to using substitution to stay outside IR35
If you are able to make unfettered substitutions you can use substitution to stay outside.
�If correctly implemented, a substitution is an IR35 ‘silver bullet’ that demonstrates personal servic� �n means they really can send someone in to do the contracted work in their place. If the client gets involved� �to be required, then there cannot possibly be a ‘ contract of service ’, or employment contract, in place, s�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 16 Apr 2014

How to avoid an IR35 investigation
Contractors can adopt a range of strategies to reduce the risk of an HMRC investigation.
�ontractors seeking to avoid being targeted for an IR35 investigation by HMRC can adopt a range of strate� �IR35 best practice: Contractors should begin each contract with a contract dossier that will start with the�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 14 Jan 2014

Contractors inside IR35 pay 14% more tax than permanent employees
If you are inside it and being paid via a deemed payment you will pay 14% more tax than a permanent employee, but get no rights.
�ed company contractors whose contracts are inside IR35 and who pay themselves via a deemed payment calcu� �Limited company contractors whose contracts are inside IR35 and who pay themselves via a deem�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 15 Jan 2014

Under the bonnet of the HMRC IR35 tool
A detailed examination of the underlying design and code structure of HMRC’s IR35 tool reveals multiple glaring issues. Take a look under the bonnet.
�HMRC’s IR35 tool is shallow, doesn’t align with how tribunal� �a precedent whereby judges can entirely disregard contracts, instead looking solely at the facts on the groun�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 01 Jun 2017

Contracts alone won’t protect contractors from IR35
A contract between a contractor and a client is not necessarily a defence against a determined HMRC IR35 investigation.
�t necessarily a defence against a determined HMRC IR35 investigation , as highlighted by the famous IR35� �rnative Book Company . In that case, although the contracts stated that the contractor, Keith Shepherd, had t� �A contract between a contractor and a client is not necessar�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 12 Apr 2017

The 5 step IR35 defence before signing the contract
Follow these 5 easy steps before signing and starting your contract to ensure IR35 does not apply to you.
�The best time to prepare for an IR35 tax investigation is before you start every contr� �IR35 tax investigation is before you start every contract Here are the key steps to preparing an IR35 defen�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 18 Apr 2017

Contractors must not be 'part and parcel' of clients to avoid IR35
One of the tests used to prove employment status is being 'part and parcel' of an organisation. You should avoid this at all cost.
�ven these small things can help to put you inside IR35 . IR35 case law is complicated Determining whethe� �this is strictly related to the project you have contracted for. In general, it is best to avoid written mate� �nd that HMRC can seek you out six years after the contract is over and accuse you of owing back taxes and in�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 25 Apr 2017

Contractor strategies for long term IR35 defence
Contractors should be taking action now to help build future IR35 defences. Here's how.
�ho are confident that they are working outside of IR35 in their current contract may find that, as time� �, or contract renewal ; if a contractor has four contracts in a year, they can and should conduct four asses� �they are working outside of IR35 in their current contract may find that, as time passes, memories fade, cli�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 28 Sept 2017

What is a ‘dependent contractor’? – The Taylor Review
The Taylor Review proposes the introduction of a ‘dependent contractor’. Find out what this means and how else the Review could affect contracting.
�h good and bad: The Review could spell the end of IR35 Contractors caught by IR35 could receive employme� �ployers can’t hide behind substitution clauses in contracts . Instead he says more weight should be placed on� �Review could have multiple repercussions for the contract sector, both good and bad: The Review could spell�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 18 Jul 2017