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IR35 Business Entity Test for contractors – process and questions
You can help determine your level of risk by taking HMRC’s business entity tests, answering 12 questions about your business.
�. Contractors seeking to determine their level of IR35 risk, and the likelihood of an investigation turn� �ness hired anyone in the last 24 months to do the contracted work you have taken on? This could be demonstrate� �imited company contractors can answer about their contracting businesses. Each question attracts a given weight� �ring a confirmation of arrangements and obtaining contract reviews , to make their ‘in-business’ case. To sp�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 25 Apr 2012

IR35 insurance – cover yourself with contractors’ tax investigation cover
Contractors investing in insurance are buying peace of mind. Or are they? Not all policies are what they seem, so check the small print.
�contracts might be deemed by HMRC as to be within IR35 . But as with all policies, contractors should en� �thwhile investment for those concerned that their contracts might be deemed by HMRC as to be within IR35 . Bu� �C presents the contractor with a large bill. IR35 contract appraisals HMRC often initiates investigations wi�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 27 Jan 2011

IR35 Solutions: Improved targeting by HMRC will increase the quality of enforcement
If it is to remain in the medium term, HMRC can apply its expertise to improve targeting and increase the quality and consistency of enforcement.
�IR35 is unlikely to be abolished or replaced in the me� �eeds to drive effective self-compliance among the contracting community. And the evidence clearly suggests HMRC�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 31 Jan 2011

Contractor appeals against HMRC IR35 rulings
Contractors who have been found by HMRC to fall foul and been presented with a large bill for back taxes can appeal to the tax tribunal.
�ctors it suspects are working on contracts inside IR35 . Contractors who have had an IR35 investigation� �estigating contractors it suspects are working on contracts inside IR35 . Contractors who have had an IR35 in�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 22 Jul 2009

Contractors caught by IR35 who believe the agent was at fault have few grounds to sue
Contractors may blame their agent for landing them with a contract inside, but they have few legal options.
�ractors who find that their contract is caught by IR35 often seek to pass the blame to their agency, cla� �y misled the contractor. In addition, many agency contracts have exclusion clauses that disallow the contract� �Contractors who find that their contract is caught by IR35 often seek to pass the blame to�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Sat, 01 May 2010

Contractor guide to IR35 case law
Case law is fundamental to the workings of the UK legal system and is often used to determine whether a contractor is inside or outside.
�Contractor employment status under IR35 legislation depends on the interpretation of both� �law expert who has a specific track record in the contracting sector and on IR35 cases. That expert will unders� �ses. That case established that for an employment contract to be in place, all three of the following condit�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 08 Jun 2010

Contractor guide to Mutuality of obligation (MOO) and IR35
Mutuality of obligation is one of the key factors used by a court or tribunal to determine whether it applies and a contractor’s employment status.
�Mutuality of obligation, or MOO, is one of the IR35 key tests of employment used by a tax tribunal or� �rvice HMRC Employment Status Manual Mutuality and contracts HMRC continues, saying that there does not need t� �contractor’s limited company should be engaged on contract for services basis , to perform a specific task f�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 30 Jun 2010

Contractors can use HMRC's employment status resources to help with IR35 status
HMRC’s online manuals for tax inspectors’ use provide contractors with insights into how not to be seen as an employee and how to stay outside.
�r is a disguised employee and therefore caught by IR35 can use the resources available in HMRC’s online� �There is also a revealing section on ‘opinions on contracts’, which includes case studies, as well as letter�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 01 Jul 2010

Contractor guide to HMRC’s IR35-related online information and advice
Contractors keen to learn about IR35 and its impact on their limited company contracting business can use HMRC’s website, but only with due caution.
�article has been updated and replaced with: HMRC IR35 information and advice - a guide for contractors� �35 and its implications for their limited company contracting business can find information HMRC’s website. If� �ion of an IR35 and employment law expert on their contracts and not to rely entirely on HMRC’s interpretation� �ind information HMRC’s website. If a contractor’s contract is found to be inside IR35 and they are judged to�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 01 Jul 2010

IR35 may be repealed or replaced, but the old rules will apply to previous contracts
Whatever happens, it will still apply to contracts completed in the years the legislation was in force, warns Qdos’ Andy Vessey.
�Contractors anticipating the demise of IR35 , as a consequence of the IR35 review being condu� �ts historical context. “Much has been made in the contracting community about unfair retrospective tax legislat� �R35 house in order, as whatever happens in future contracts worked on until any new legislation comes into fo� �eir tax affairs with due care, commissioning IR35 contract reviews and keeping rigorous hard copy and electr�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 11 Aug 2010