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BREAKING NEWS: Off-Payroll set to go ahead in 2021 as Government ignores concerns

The Off-Payroll Tax took a step closer to a 2021 private sector implementation after a tabled amendment failed to gain the Labour Party’s support.

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Full 3-year delay to Off-Payroll tabled for Finance Bill

MPs are to vote on an amendment to the Finance Bill proposing that the extension of Off-Payroll to the private sector be postponed until 2023.

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PGMOL Upper Tribunal victory solidifies mutuality of obligation in law

PGMOL’s UT victory leaves HMRC with no choice but to acknowledge its misconceptions concerning MOO and address CEST accordingly, legal experts claim.

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IR35: HMRC’s MOO arguments fall flat in Upper Tribunal defeat to PGMOL

The taxman has failed with an Upper Tribunal appeal in a ruling which should spell disaster for the HMRC and its flawed interpretation of MOO.

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Updated Off-Payroll factsheet launched to help educate MPs voting on Finance Bill

ContractorCalculator has published an updated Off-Payroll factsheet to educate MPs and prevent further damage to already bleak conditions for UK plc.

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Off-Payroll: Lords report urges overhaul of flawed and exploitative tax framework

The Finance Bill Sub-Committee report issues a damning verdict of the Off-Payroll rules, before calling for an overhaul of the exploitative framework.

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Lords report tells Government to address IR35’s inherent flaws and unfairnesses

Lords tell the Government to use the delay of the extension of the off-payroll rules into the private sector to completely rethink the legislation.

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Article Image COVID-19 should forever kill HMRC’s bulls**t concept of ‘deemed employment’

COVID-19 has laid bare the flaws and anomalies within Government’s treatment of the self-employed, in particular the notion of ‘deemed employment’.

Thu, 26 Mar 2020

Article Image Fear of uncertainty is killing the flexible workforce

Through the draconian Off-Payroll Tax, HMRC has leveraged fear and uncertainty in a manner that looks set to decimate the UK’s flexible workforce.

Tue, 17 Mar 2020

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Contractors await crucial Commons vote on 3-year IR35 / Off-Payroll delay

David Davis, a longtime critic of IR35, has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill tomorrow

Mon, 18 May 2020 - Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms

Government accused of pushing tax compliance policing on to business

IR35 rules demanding companies check their contractors’ HMRC status are flawed and unfair, say Lords

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 - Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms

Creative Industry Freelancers Fear Ineligibility To U.K. Government Schemes

Freelancers in the creative industries have voiced their concerns on not being able to qualify.

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 - Other

Almost half of PAYE freelancers fear they won't be supported by government

Just two per cent of PAYE freelancers have been furloughed by the last company they worked for

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 - Other

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UK – Government passes Finance Bill, IR35 reform to come into force April 2021

The House of Commons has voted to approve the Finance Bill without division meaning that changes to the Off-Payroll working rules, also known as IR35, are still set to be introduced in April 2021.

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Wed, 20 May 2020

Concerns Ignored

More debate on the amendment to Off-Payroll took place in Parliament yesterday.

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Sat, 09 May 2020

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Match officials have won some important supporters in the judiciary — being described as “ambitious perfectionists” as they won a legal victory against the taxman worth tens of millions of pounds.

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Thu, 30 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Government under pressure to give limited company IT workers more financial support

IT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies and pay themselves in dividends are largely uncatered for by the goverment's various support packages, and are facing financial difficulties.

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