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Dave Chaplin is a former IT contractor, founder and CEO of ContractorCalculator, and author of the Contractors' Handbook and Beat IR35.
Hasta-la-vista taxpayers: Chiles IR35 case shows lawfare is back
Chaplin argues the BBL highlights issues with HMRC's Litigation and Settlement Strategy (LSS) and the fairness of the tax tribunal system.
The war on the self-employed must stop
For two decades, Governments have allowed Treasury and HMRC to launch legislative “tax cluster bombs” against a perceived threat — the self-employed.
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How will the Employment Rights Bill affect contractors? Martyn Valentine of The Law Place explains the likely impact.
The tax status case involving Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) returns to square one for a fifth hearing at the FTT.
HMRC has overturned the First-Tier Tribunal's decision in the IR35 case involving Stuart Barnes, the former rugby player and Sky Sports pundit.
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The Labour Party and HMRC are on the hunt for more Treasury funds.
What sole traders are entitled to receive from a state pension and why paying into a private pension is important.
Labour’s plans for a new single status for workers plus improved protection and employment rights
One in five highly-skilled contractors are currently not working amid rising economic inactivity.
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Recruiter
Agency made unlawful deductions of £36K under new IR35 rules
Employment business Tripod Partners, which provided social workers to the Home Office, may face mounting claims from contractors who had taxes unlawfully deducted.
The Freelance Informer
Freelancer wins case against unlawful deductions made by recruiter
A social worker engaged by the Home Office has successfully claimed nearly £37,000 from a recruitment agency after an employment tribunal deemed that “unlawful deductions” had been made from their pay.
Staffing Industry News
Recruitment firm ordered to pay £36k to worker for unlawful wage deductions
Tripod Partners, a UK health and social care recruitment firm has been ordered to pay £36,826.65 to a social worker after it had made unlawful wage deductions involving Employers' National Insurance Contributions.
Computer Weekly
Loan charge under review: Second inquiry into controversial contractor tax policy announced
The Government has committed to resolving the fallout from a controversial, retroactive UK tax policy that has left thousands of IT contractors living under the shadow of life-changing tax bills since it came into force in April 2019.
Financial Times
Employers’ national insurance rise a risk for SMEs, tax experts warn
An increase in employers’ NI could have positive effects for self-employed workers and for the firms that hire them.
