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HMRC have suffered another defeat in their campaign in the media sector this time it was Canal Street Productions v HMRC. HMRC have been hugely unsuccessful in challenging companies under IR35 over the last decade and so when they started a new project, targeting the media sector and presenters, they...

You can’t run from it, you can’t hide from it and despite some wishful thinking, IR35 will be changing from April 2020. April will come around before you know it and so it is better to get ahead of the curve and start considering how it may impact your business. What is changing? Everything, but also...

Earlier in the year, Kye Burchmore was approached by Bloomsbury Publishing to see whether he would like to write a book about off-payroll working which would cover employment status, agency legislation, IR35 and the managed service company rules. Kye has previously worked with Bloomsbury when updating...

On 7 January the government announced it will review the IR35 provisions due to come into force in April 2020. This is in line with their election pledge to review the legislation. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/off-payroll-review-launched The statement on the 7th confirmed the review would ensure...

The government have released a consultation on the secondary legislation they are proposing to implement with the new IR35 provisions. This looks at transferring liabilities to third parties. The consultation can be found here Anyone responsible for determining whether IR35 applies should read this consultation...

As part of the government’s election campaign they pledged to review the upcoming changes to IR35. This was never likely to include a review over whether the legislation would be enacted, but simply whether it needed any further improvements. The government have since undertook this review and published...

Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the 2020 Budget today with a whole host of measures to help businesses, especially small ones, over the coming year in light of the potential Covid19 crisis. One measure that was absent from the speech was abolishing the forthcoming IR35 changes. It...

IR35 was deemed to apply in the Upper-tier Tax Tribunal case of HMRC v Kickabout Productions Ltd [2020] 216 (TCC). Mr Hawksbee, a radio presenter for Talksport, was challenged by HMRC over his employment status and after initially winning the case at the First-tier tax tribunal the Upper-tier allowed...