IR35 Rules / Guides / News

What is IR35, exactly? How will the Off-Payroll reforms affect you if you contract in the private sector? And what can you do to make sure you’re prepared come April 2021? Read more

The one-year delay to the private sector off-payroll rollout means that contractors and clients have an extra year to ensure they are compliant. But the industry is being warned to use this extra time wisely. Read more

From April 2020 onwards, new ‘off-payroll’ rules will be applied to private sector contractors. Here we explain what the new rules mean, and how you can prepare in advance of the implementation date. Read more

Although the Intermediaries Legislation was created to target alleged disguised employment by limited company directors, how are sole traders affected by IR35? Read more

In this article, we look at the history of IR35 – from its first mention in early 1999, to the ‘off-payroll’ changes to public and private sector organisations in 2017 and 2020. Read more

The stand-out announcement from the October 2018 Budget was the extension of ‘off payroll’ rules to most private sector businesses from April 2020 onwards. So, what does this mean for contractors? Read more

The Government has published a consultation document which may eventually lead to the extension of the April 2017 public sector IR35 rules to all private sector contractors. Read more

There is s significant difference in the tax treatment of IT contractors whose contracts fall either inside, or outside, the IR35 rules. Read more

From April 2017, new rules came into force which mean that the responsibility for operating IR35 now lies in the hands of clients rather than contractors themselves. Currently the new legislation applies only to public sector contracts. Read more

An employment status expert explains why complying with IR35 involves much more than simply having an ‘IR35 friendly’ contract in place. Read more