Alastair originally contacted Lawspeed for assistance in March of this year, having received a letter from the Revenue with a number of questions regarding the real working practices. With Alastair’s input, Lawspeed drafted a response to the Revenue’s numerous questions relating to IR35.
Months later Alastair received a further letter from the Revenue with additional questions wishing to clarify the working practices. Lawspeed took its client’s instructions and furnished the Revenue with pertinent supporting evidence.
During September Alastair received the great news that the Revenue have found him to be outside IR35 and notifying him that they were concluding their investigations. Key features of Alastair’s case included: parts of the services were performed from Australia, worked for a number of clients at the same time, clearly defined project, no set days to be worked, often worked outside the client’s core hours and was required to put in additional hours, but received no extra pay due to unsatisfactory work.
Lawspeed was also able to establish a notable bank of evidence to demonstrate the genuine business enterprise that Alastair was running, including business plans, training and development records, company brochure, minutes of meetings, insurance cover and dedicated business area.
"That’s great!” Alastair said about his win, “Thanks for your help on this guys, I would have no doubt dropped myself in it if not given appropriate guidance! Thanks again.” |