What you need to know about IR35 regulations

Familiarising yourself with numerous legislation is just one of the many tasks involved in setting up your own business. But for contractors, specifically, IR35 legislation is crucial to get to grips with.   What is IR35? IR35 is a type of tax legislation put in place to prevent contractors from limiting their tax liabilities by […]

Supervision, direction or control (SDC)

Supervision, direction or control (SDC) Announcements in the Summer Budget 2015 shook the contracting world, with particular focus on supervision, direction or control (SDC). It’s now key to the proposals used in the consultation to revise Travel and Subsistence and in the discussion document on revisions to IR35. SDC is clearly becoming the key focus […]

Supervision direction or control

One of the more controversial aspects of the Summer Budget 2015 was the focus on Supervision, Direction or Control (SDC) – three words every contractor will need to be fully aware of. They are already significant and currently used by HMRC within the agency rules that were revised in April 2014 and became effective in […]

IR35 test: Supervision, Direction or Control

There are more ways to assess IR35 than skin a cat Regular followers of the Intouch blog will by now be familiar with some of the more controversial proposals to come out of the Summer Budget. In particular, the suggested reforms aiming to improve compliance with the Intermediaries Legislation (IR35) have made people rather hot […]

Embrace IR35! Still set up a Limited Company to enjoy the other benefits

Embrace IR35 Embrace IR35! Still set up a Limited Company to enjoy the other benefits. Is being inside IR35 legislation really the end of the road in going Limited? We think not. It’s not unusual for a contractor to fear IR35 regulations or regard them as some form of penalty for doing something wrong. However, […]

IR35 myths

IR35 myths We talk to many contractors about IR35, and so we hear many misconceptions about the legislation and its effect in practice.  There is a lot of misinformation on the web, and a lot of advice given by “my friend at the pub” that isn’t always entirely technically accurate, so it’s not surprising that […]