IR35

IR35 case law compendium: famous faces who lost to HMRCIR35

IR35 case law compendium: famous faces who lost to HMRC

And how IT job board users can avoid the same fate as four celebrity limited company workers.
#Self-employed
#Legal status
#IR35
5 min
How outside IR35 appeals, and what outside IR35 looks likeIR35

How outside IR35 appeals, and what outside IR35 looks like

Why limited company contractors shun 'inside IR35,' plus top tips if a 'client' starts acting like your 'employer.'
#Legal status
#IR35
#Insurance
5 min
Autumn Budget is here, unlike far-off Single Worker StatusIR35

Autumn Budget is here, unlike far-off Single Worker Status

Whenever it does finally and potentially affect Free-Work users, SWS will still come with a scrutiny of your status.
#Self-employed
#Tax
#Money
4 min
What is the IR35 offset for contractors?IR35

What is the IR35 offset for contractors?

Quick explainer on IR35 set-off legislation, finally in force to prevent HMRC 'double-taxing.'
#Legal status
#IR35
#Tax
4 min
A guide to IR35: understanding the off-payroll working rulesIR35

A guide to IR35: understanding the off-payroll working rules

Are you eyeing contracting in the UK tech sector via your own limited company? Meet your new priority – IR35.
#IR35
#Legal
#Contracting
7 min
Does Microsoft’s IR35 rethink show the tide is turning in IT freelancers’ favour?IR35

Does Microsoft’s IR35 rethink show the tide is turning in IT freelancers’ favour?

Hopefully a sign of things to come on off-payroll determinations has been spotted at the UK outpost of the world's largest software company.
#IR35
#Contracting
6 min
IR35 and sole traders: setting the record straight on HMRC’s disliked rulesIR35

IR35 and sole traders: setting the record straight on HMRC’s disliked rules

Freelancers not using a limited company needn't worry about IR35, but there's always 'false self-employment' to beware.
#Tax
3 min
How IR35 traps can be avoided as a freelancerIR35

How IR35 traps can be avoided as a freelancer

Five client requests that could see an outside IR35 contract fall inside the rules.
#Overseas
#Tax
4 min
Outside IR35: word your contract to stop the off-payroll rules from applyingIR35

Outside IR35: word your contract to stop the off-payroll rules from applying

What to put in writing, and practice day-to-day, to help keep IR35 at bay.
#Marketing
3 min
Inside IR35: a freelancer’s guide to being caught by HMRC off-payroll rulesIR35

Inside IR35: a freelancer’s guide to being caught by HMRC off-payroll rules

What it means if IR35 applies to your freelance assignments, and how to keep it from happening.
#Freelance
4 min
Is a retainer fee contract likely to cause an IR35 headache?IR35

Is a retainer fee contract likely to cause an IR35 headache?

There are ways to counter the Mutuality a retainer imposes, assuming your client isn't too risk-averse to explore them.
#Money
4 min
How the new IR35 off-payroll rules affect freelancersIR35

How the new IR35 off-payroll rules affect freelancers

An overview for the self-employed of April's revised rules to stop 'disguised employment.'
#Freelance
5 min
Am I a disguised employee if over 25% of my earnings are from one client?IR35

Am I a disguised employee if over 25% of my earnings are from one client?

The tests a part-time sole trader needs to take to check if he really is a freelancer.
#Clients
4 min
Freelancers' Questions: Can I control a sales freelancer with set targets?IR35

Freelancers' Questions: Can I control a sales freelancer with set targets?

'One objective, even six objectives is fine, but the self-employed must be left to their own devices to hit them.'
#Overseas
3 min
How will I know if I am caught by IR35?IR35

How will I know if I am caught by IR35?

Explanation of IR35 legislation, introduced in April 2000, which affects anyone who is working via an intermediary.
#News
4 min
What is IR35?IR35

What is IR35?

Essentially, IR35 will affect all contractors who do not meet the Inland Revenue's definition of 'self employment'., Those contractors who fall under the IR35 rules will be liable to Schedule E taxation and National Insurance (N.I), following deductions for expenses. Income will be in the form of a 'deemed payment', following these deductions.
#News
4 min

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