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What to do when agencies refuse to change contracts
Contractors with unacceptable contract clauses that their agency refuses to change have a range of negotiating strategies they can apply.
�ance to negotiate on their behalf. How to counter IR35-unfriendly clauses Although having clauses puttin� �in-house legal expertise to reword and customise contracts at short notice. Some agents might also prefer si� �Contractors who commission a review of a new contract may often find their legal experts flag a range o�
Category: Articles: Legal | Wed, 29 Feb 2012

How to determine if your contract passes IR35
Describes the factors to consider when evaluating your contract for IR35 compliance.
�Introduction Being caught by IR35 could cost you thousands of pounds, and thus the� �thousands of pounds, and thus the process of IR35 contract review before signing a contract is of paramount�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 05 Jul 2006

IR35 danger: when your contract is different from the agency-client contract
HMRC always obtains the agency-client contract and compares it with the contractor contract. They rarely agree, and this spells trouble.
�In IR35 cases, HMRC always obtains the contract between t� �ract that you have with the agency. Two Different Contracts This presents a serious challenge to contractors,� �In IR35 cases, HMRC always obtains the contract between the agency and the client and compares it�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 10 Mar 2008

Main reasons making a contract fail IR35
Describes the main reasons why a contract will fail IR35.
�re is often no single reason why a contract fails IR35 and is normally a combination of reasons. One has� �current contract. With regular work and “rolling Contracts” the Revenue will argue that you are an employee� �ntroduction There is often no single reason why a contract fails IR35 and is normally a combination of reaso�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 13 Sept 2006

IR35 - Top 10 traps to catch the unwary contractor
HMRC is always on the lookout for contractors who put themselves inside it by making easily avoidable mistakes. Here are the top ten traps to avoid.
�hat provide grounds for HMRC to investigate their IR35 status. And for those contractors without the sto� �this is a common feature in business-to-business contracts for services. 9. The client pays for your trainin� �ou were hired to do and that are detailed in your contract, and don’t let your client tell you what to do an�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 23 Sept 2009

Why contractors caught by IR35 cannot necessarily claim employment rights
Roger Sinclair of Egos dashes the hopes of contractors caught by it claiming employment rights from their clients.
�Contractors caught by IR35 and being taxed as if they were employees are oft� �y have been mistreated by the client and/or their contract has been terminated early . However, according to�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 20 Apr 2010

Contractors must demonstrate business risk as part of keeping contracts outside IR35
Demonstrating business risk can show a contractor as ‘being in business’, thereby helping the case for being outside..
�account can use this evidence to help with their IR35 defence , because taking business and financial r� �lting The corresponding items for knowledge-based contracting businesses are capital expenditure on computers a�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 28 Apr 2010

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

IR35 and contracting: just why do cases take so long to be resolved?
You can be forced to endure years of stress before your case is resolved with HMRC.
�Contractors facing IR35 investigations can be forced to wait many years u� �igation for several tax years, each with multiple contracts, then a considerable amount of information must b� �stigator will want to know the details about each contract for every tax year being investigated. That means�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Sun, 22 May 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