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Off-Payroll audit guide: How to identify and address IR35 risk before April 2021
An early evaluation of your contingent workforce is needed to help identify and address common IR35 risk factors in advance of April 2021.
�partners, clients are advised to conduct an early IR35 status evaluation of their contingent workforce.� �le. This means locating the upper and lower-level contracts for each role, as well as gathering information a� �assessment into three sections pertaining to the contract, the working conditions, and the contractor. Each�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Wed, 02 Sept 2020

Contractors assessed ‘inside IR35’ could claim rights under AWR, says lawyer
Contractors subject to blanket ‘inside IR35’ assessments have a strong case for rights under the Agency Workers Regulations, says Martyn Valentine.
�Contractors subject to blanket ‘inside IR35’ assessments by clients in response to the Off-Pa� �individual is not an agency worker if there is a contract, by virtue of which the individual is available t�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Wed, 01 Apr 2020

Main reasons making a contract fail IR35
Describes the main reasons why a contract will fail IR35.
�re is often no single reason why a contract fails IR35 and is normally a combination of reasons. One has� �current contract. With regular work and “rolling Contracts” the Revenue will argue that you are an employee� �ntroduction There is often no single reason why a contract fails IR35 and is normally a combination of reaso�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 13 Sept 2006

IR35 and substitution: substituting twice a year could save contractors thousands
Mounting evidence suggests that a contractor’s genuine right of substitution, if exercised, is the key status factor outweighing all others.
�determining factor placing contractors outside of IR35 . This is crucial, because with a contract that p� �of the services on their behalf then they are sub-contracting the work,” continues Vessey. “Paying helpers duri� �outside of IR35 . This is crucial, because with a contract that puts the contractor inside IR35, the typical�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 30 Sept 2008

IR35 future: what would happen if the UK copied Canada?
The employment tests in Canada are similar to the UK ones, but it is the client who gets punished if a contractor is found to be a disguised employee.
�t to a similar battery of employment tests to the IR35 tests used for those working in the UK. These tes� �actors, which could impact negatively on the UK’s contracting sector.� �and client. It asks whether the relationship is a contract of services , where the contractor is really an e�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 28 Sept 2010

Why contractors caught by IR35 cannot necessarily claim employment rights
Roger Sinclair of Egos dashes the hopes of contractors caught by it claiming employment rights from their clients.
�Contractors caught by IR35 and being taxed as if they were employees are oft� �y have been mistreated by the client and/or their contract has been terminated early . However, according to�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 20 Apr 2010

Contractor HMRC inspections: do you have your IR35 life raft ready?
All contractors are HMRC investigation targets but will have nothing to fear with good preparation.
�hittaker of Qdos Consulting, which specialises in IR35 and legal matters for contractors throughout the� �ssential IR35 survival aids include: Ensuring all contracts are reviewed by an IR35 specialist Where possible�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 06 May 2009

Contractors staying outside IR35: setting expectations with a letter to the client
A contractor’s covering letter sent with a confirmation of arrangements to a client manages expectations.
�s that is likely to tip contractors straight into IR35 with all the financial implications that go with� �ional or knowledge worker whose business has been contracted to complete a specific project. As such, the cont� �r the rate or project fee and separate contract.’ Contracting’s part and parcel traps Finally, Vessey warns all� �s IR35 status will be determined by their written contract and the reality of the actual working relationshi�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Want to go contracting and earn more money? Follow these 6 easy steps to get started
Guarantee yourself more flexibility, more varied work and better rates of pay. Find out how to do it in six simple steps, here.
�available opportunities. Step 3 – Considering the IR35 status of the contract Having a contract within I� �The contracting sector is evolving as more professionals realise� �es come and go pretty fast. The large majority of contracts will require you to interview immediately or with� �chosen field of expertise, so securing your first contract shouldn’t take too long. Similarly, the nature of�
Category: Articles: First timers | Tue, 15 Nov 2016

Contractor doctor: can I get financial protection against an IR35 investigation?
How can a contractor protect themselves financially against an investigation.
�act tweaked by a law firm so that it appears more IR35 friendly. However, I am concerned that if HMRC ac� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I've had my contract tweaked by a law firm so that it appears more IR3�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 03 Jan 2007