IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 6
With the private sector legislation now BAU, we look at the IR35 audits completed by Brookson Legal and the CEST tool and compare the results. IR35 output definitions are: Inside IR35: The service the contractor provides is deemed to reflect that of an employee and should therefore be subject to income tax and NI deductions […]
The Spring Statement Outputs 2022
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, presented a “mini budget” on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 – an update of the Government’s plan for the economy against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and rising inflation. As expected, this was a “tax-light affair”- but did the Chancellor do enough to relieve the pressure on businesses and […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 5
The change to IR35 has placed the onus on the client to assess the status of their workers. This is not a one-time task and needs regular re-assessments and reviews to ensure you are taking Reasonable care: Businesses need to regularly re-assess workers to ensure ongoing compliance and that Reasonable Care has been met in […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 4
In our recent survey, completed by more than 500 businesses, over 30% of businesses also said they had outsourced some or part of the IR35 review to their contractors. This is one of the most worrying statistics as you are giving the party that is most invested in financial gain from IR35 the power of […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 3
In our recent survey, completed by more than 500 businesses, over 30% of participants said they had outsourced some or part of the IR35 review processes to their recruitment agency. Below we examine the main issues with this approach and why this will leave your business with trouble proving Reasonable Care has been taken: The […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 2
As mentioned in our previous email, CEST leaves 21% of assessments undetermined. This is a similar theme that we have witnessed from all variations of online, automated assessments and unfortunately, it isn’t the only issue! The main issues behind automated online tools: Online tools used for IR35 assessments are unable to provide advice and guidance, […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends: Part 1
HMRC introduced the CEST (Check Employment Status for Tax) tool in March 2017 and it has been much maligned ever since. Even with the occasional update, CEST still doesn’t follow case law or precedent that has been set since IR35 came into force in 2000. Some of the main issues with businesses using CEST: CEST […]
IR35 Soft Landing Ending – Industry Trends
The IR35 rules changed in the Private Sector as of April 2021 – Making it the client’s responsibility to determine the employment status of their contractors, produce an SDS (Status Determination Statement), whilst ensuring they take ‘Reasonable Care’ in their decision and on an ongoing basis. What this means for hirers: The HMRC ‘soft landing’ […]
Nearly 90% of businesses forced to increase contractor rates since April 2021
NEARLY 90% OF BUSINESSES FORCED TO INCREASE CONTRACTOR RATES SINCE APRIL 2021 Increase comes amidst plans to grow use of contractors over next 18 months 75% have been forced to raise contractor rates by more than 10% 77% are now finding hiring flexible workers to be challenging or very challenging 90% of these companies plan […]
HMRC Commence IR35 Private Sector Checks
Reports have recently emerged stating that just over 5 months into the roll out of IR35 changes in the Private Sector HMRC has already commenced its compliance activity. The ICAEW is reporting that HMRC have issued letters to oil and gas, finance and banking organisations seeking to obtain information on their processes for hiring and […]