Contracting and AWR: formal guidance on the Agency Workers Regulations from BIS
Contractors can use the guidance from BIS to help determine if AWR applies. This guidance offers useful examples of which contractors may be in scope.
Primary Path IR35 case: HMRC was predestined to lose case offering important lessons
Contractor Phil Winfield of Primary Path was so obviously a genuine contractor and outside IR35 that HMRC was bound to lose, shows the Judge’s ruling.
Contracting and AWR: trading options for contractors when AWR comes into force
Contractors who wish to trade without the rights offered by AWR and as a genuine business undertaking can choose from a number of trading options.
ContractorCalculator Market Report August 2011
Contracting is pulling ahead of the mainstream labour market as demand for IT, engineering and interim management contractors continues unabated.
IR35 Forum: HMRC admits using “less refined” IR35 targeting criteria in the past
HMRC admits to the IR35 Forum that when targeting contractors for IR35 investigations it has “adopted less refined selection criteria than used now.”
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 29/Jul/2011
News this week includes warning over ‘IR35 friendly’ contracts; BN66 appeal rejected; HMRC customer service scores; & retail demands IT contractors.
Supreme Court Autoclenz ruling confirms ‘sham’ contracts can’t disguise employment
Contractors can’t use ‘sham’ contracts to create a business-to-business relationship that in reality does not exist, confirms the Autoclenz ruling.
Contracting and AWR: who will be in AWR’s scope and what rights they will receive
Contractors will be affected by the Agency Workers Regulations, either because they are in its scope or because they have to prove they are out of it.
Contractors face retrospective taxation by HMRC as BN66 appeal unanimously rejected
Contractors face retrospective taxation by HMRC for participation in offshore tax schemes as the Court of Appeal unanimously rejects the BN66 appeal.
Contractors are key enablers of enterprise, entrepreneurship and growth, MPs told
Contractors are vital to the health of the UK economy, according to studies presented to MPs, but further research is needed into contracting sectors.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 22/Jul/2011
News this week includes Marlen case ruling; HMRC cuts will affect contractors; Scottish IT contractor demand; PCG report targets MPs; & late payment.
Contractors will suffer from HMRC budget cutbacks unless plans improve, says NAO
Contractors are at risk of suffering ongoing uncertainties as a result of HMRC’s £1.6bn cost cutting programme unless plans improve says the NAO.
Contracting and the AWR: using the law to gain competitive advantage & win contracts
Contractors who can demonstrate through superior knowledge that the Agency Workers Regulations do not apply to them will gain competitive advantage.
Marlen IR35 case: contractor pursued by HMRC despite failing all key employment tests
Engineering contractor Phil Hughes failed all of the key tests of employment, as the full ruling of the Marlen Ltd v HMRC IR35 tax tribunal reveals.
Contractors can help win ‘war on talent’, filling skills gaps as demographics shift
Contractors are the solution to Randstad Workmonitor’s ‘war on talent & skills mismatch’, filling skills gaps as global worker demographics shift.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 15/Jul/2011
News this week includes another IR35 defeat for HMRC; IT skills shortages; income tax NI merger; NAO slams HMRC; PCG awards; & North Sea investment.
Contracting and AWR: The history of the Agency Workers Regulations
The Agency Workers Regulations were created to promote Europe’s knowledge economy and flexible working. The reality is that they may do the opposite.
IR35 employment status tests for contractors are not relevant to AWR, and vice versa
Contractors should not link the Agency Workers Regulations with IR35, according to the Lawspeed and the Association of Recruitment Consultancies.
IR35 victory for Primary Path Ltd against HMRC
Phil Winfield has won his eight-year fight against HMRC, with a first tier tax tribunal finding his company, Primary Path, to be a genuine business.
IT contractor rates are soaring as skills shortages emerge
IT contractor demand surged 28% year-on-year, according to trade body APSCo, with rates growing as skills shortages develop.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 08/Jul/2011
News this week includes Westminster support for contractors; another IR35 loss by HMRC; demand surge for IT contractors; and oil & gas tax hopes.
MPs vow to fight contractors’ cause in Parliament and across government
MPs interested in contracting and freelancing issues have vowed to educate their fellow MPs and civil servants about the benefits of contractors.
Contracting business Marlen Ltd. wins IR35 case against HMRC
Contractor Gary Hughes has won his IR35 case against HMRC, with the tribunal finding that his relationship with client JCB was not one of employment.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 01/Jul/2011
News this week includes public sector SME IT contracts cut; oil & gas growth in Brazil; online profiles needed to support CV; & new HMRC tax demands.
IR35 Forum – Part 3: Better administration of IR35 – so what does that actually mean?
In this third of a series of articles analysing options open to the IR35 Forum, ContractorCalculator examines what better administration looks like.
IR35 Forum – Part 5: How to measure whether IR35 really is being better administered
If HMRC and the Treasury are serious about improving IR35’s administration, they need transparent processes to benchmark and measure performance.
ContractorCalculator Market Report July 2011
Contractors have a key role to play in securing the UK’s economic recovery. IT and engineering contractors are once again leading the demand league.
IR35 Forum – Part 4: ‘In-business’ tests are great idea in theory, not in practice
Contractors in all their variety simply can’t be reduced to tick boxes. In-business tests are great in theory, but will fail contractors in practice.
IT contractors see public sector contracts cut in government U-turn on using SMEs
IT contractor contracts via SME recruiters have been cancelled as Cabinet Office tells government departments to use Capita, reveals Computer Weekly.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 24/Jun/2011
News this week includes growing contractor numbers; Scottish contract market buoyant; rates drop; gender pay gap widens; and social media screening.
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