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Article Image HMRC and IR35 have fuelled tax avoidance, which will worsen with Off-Payroll

HMRC’s war on tax avoidance wouldn’t be necessary if it wasn’t for its punitive IR35 regime. Now the Off-Payroll rules look set to make matters worse.

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Article Image HMRC to announce legal position on MOO by end of July 2018

CEST and the taxman’s private sector Off-Payroll proposals hang in the balance as HMRC nears its judgement day, where it will finally publish its legal position on MOO.

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he BBC is helping some of its employees settle accountancy bills connected to their compliance with off-payroll working rules in the public sector.

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Thu, 12 Jul 2018 - Public Sector IR35 Reforms

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Adrian Marlowe, MD of Lawspeed, argues that a simplified change in the law could be to assume IR35 applies to all contractors unless they can prove they are a genuine business.

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