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Off-Payroll audit guide: How to avoid compliance complacency
Off-Payroll compliance doesn’t end with the contractor’s status determination. Find out how to avoid the potential pain of compliance complacency.
�heir contract engagements. But, the line dividing IR35 status isn’t always distinct and over the course� �eptible to, and which you need to avoid: Renewing contracts without re-specifying the changing scope, or new� �ecome complacent, having initially assessed their contract engagements. But, the line dividing IR35 status i�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Thu, 17 Sept 2020

Contractor doctor: does charging expenses to your client affect your IR35 position?
Legitmate business expenses can be recharged to clients without affecting status as long as some simple guidelines are followed.
�the contract was verified by my lawyer as outside IR35 . I can work from my home office or the client si� �apital expenditure are risky. Good Luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �ontractor Doctor, This Monday I started my second contract direct with a client, and the contract was verifi�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 16 Jun 2008

Contractor doctor: does IR35 apply for very short contracts?
It applies to all contracts irrespective of the time period that they run.
�seven weeks. Can such a short contract be within IR35? The contract with the agency states that the con� �Dear Contractor Doctor: My partner is starting contracting and was working on a 10-day long contract, but th� �nt specifically. If the Revenue decides to review contracts at the agency your partner is working with, then� �ting contracting and was working on a 10-day long contract, but this has now been extended twice so that the�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 01 May 2008

What is a managed service company?
Find out what a Managed Service Company is, and why you should not use them.
�entirely by salary. Managed Service Companies and IR35 However, for a contractor to have used a composit�
Category: Articles: Managed Service Companies | Wed, 20 Dec 2006

IR35 compliance letters – contractor guidance on how to respond
Contractors receiving a new-style compliance letter from HMRC should only respond after seeking expert help.
�Contractors receiving a IR35 compliance letter from HMRC should seek professio� �requires to be supplied within 30 days Copies of contracts that give rise to the income breakdowns requested� �ule, my client finds me something to do until the contract period is over ”: This statement implies there is�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 28 Aug 2012

IR35 reviews by HMRC: how they work
Undergoing a review by HMRC means facing a long, stressful investigation process.
�An IR35 review by HMRC can take up a limited company cont� �ess ’, which clearly establishes the contractor’s contracts as being outside IR35. Get the client on side Aft�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 10 Jul 2012

Contractors who involve expert IR35 advisors can close down HMRC investigations early
Early intervention by expert advisors can prevent HMRC investigations turning into full blown status reviews.
�Contractors who involve expert IR35 advisors early can prevent HMRC investigations tu� �ited company with multiple income streams from IT contracting, landscape gardening and property letting.” Despi� �spotted the substitution clause in the haulier’s contract and asked the client if it was genuine: “The clie�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 22 Nov 2011

Mutuality of obligation - IR35
Mutuality of Obligation is a common phrase when dealing with IR35 Status disputes. What does it mean?
�es and is particularly relevant in the context of IR35 . It is often one of the main factors for failing� �arly works for the same Client on new or “rolling contracts”, this can be a pointer used by the Revenue towar� �IR35 disputes is to establish whether there is a “contract of service” (i.e. employed) or a “contract for se�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 25 Dec 2006

Put yourself outside IR35 by bringing in expert help
Contractors can apply simple strategies to add weight to their status by employing expert sub-contractors to work on their contracts.
�s to demonstrate to HMRC that they are outside of IR35 . One of these is to employ a specialist to help� �m with an aspect of their work on a contract. Sub-contracting work to an expert colleague can cost quite a lot� �ir own right. Substitution clauses appear in many contracts, both when the contract is direct with the client� �st to help them with an aspect of their work on a contract. Sub-contracting work to an expert colleague can�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 01 Sept 2008

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