What to do if a hirer appoints a predatory vendor
Various high profile businesses offer IR35 tax and expenses insurance as a way of offsetting risk against an IR35 claim. Historically the party able to take up the insurance was the contractor who would be liable but since the onset of the public sector rules, the liable party is the fee payer, namely the hirer or agency (if one is involved) that pays the contractor company.
Does the limited company opt out have a future?
Various high profile businesses offer IR35 tax and expenses insurance as a way of offsetting risk against an IR35 claim. Historically the party able to take up the insurance was the contractor who would be liable but since the onset of the public sector rules, the liable party is the fee payer, namely the hirer or agency (if one is involved) that pays the contractor company.
IR35 conference set to provide 360 degree view
Various high profile businesses offer IR35 tax and expenses insurance as a way of offsetting risk against an IR35 claim. Historically the party able to take up the insurance was the contractor who would be liable but since the onset of the public sector rules, the liable party is the fee payer, namely the hirer or agency (if one is involved) that pays the contractor company.
Lawspeed offers free IR35 insurance cover check, following draft legislation announcement
Various high profile businesses offer IR35 tax and expenses insurance as a way of offsetting risk against an IR35 claim. Historically the party able to take up the insurance was the contractor who would be liable but since the onset of the public sector rules, the liable party is the fee payer, namely the hirer or agency (if one is involved) that pays the contractor company.
Simplistic IR35 offerings muddy the waters
IR35 news dominates the contracting market but at the end of the day the most important thing for a contractor and a hirer is to have the right contract terms in place to protect fees, expectations and the work delivery, writes Adrian Marlowe, MD of the recruitment law specialist Lawspeed.
Are blanket assessments under IR35 part of HMRC’s plan?
Following the article posted by People Management on 3rd May “evidence of blanket IR35 assessments ‘deeply concerning’, industry warns” the contracting sector should be alive to the fact that HMRC may be seeking to achieve this outcome, says
To report or not report – GDPR implications if you are hacked
If business contacts or friends start to receive emails from you which are obviously spam or phishing, then the chances are that your email has been hacked or that some form of virus or malicious software has found its way onto your computer and account.
SPA transparency wins support from agencies
As the extension of the IR35 public sector rules slowly unfolds, one option being considered is to switch contractors to engagement through umbrella companies where the new rules will apply.
IR35 consultation explained
As with the public authority rules, responsibility for determining the tax status of contractors is to switch from the contractor to the hirer. Tax liability passes to the ‘fee payer’, which, with three exceptions, is the business that contracts with the contractor.
There is no place for IR35 scaremongering
Since the government announced in October 2018 that the IR35 public sector rules would be extended to the private sector, there has been a plethora of publications warning against potential issues.