IR35 and the Public Sector
It’s a four-letter word that’s been around for a while, but it is back on everybody’s lips this spring and I believe all employers need to give some serious thought … Continue reading
Self-Employment and the Law
It’s been a turbulent few months for the self-employed and the firms that use them. We’ve had the unveiling of a new and aggressive stance from HMRC, new case law … Continue reading
Pimlico Plumbers vs. Gary Smith: Plugging the Employment Law Leaks
We’ve warned before about HMRC’s increasingly aggressive stance on the legal status of self-employed contractors. We’ve already seen cases being tested in court from both sides of the argument. Around … Continue reading
Surviving the Employment Status Crackdown
Jan Post, Managing Director of RIFT Group, writes: HMRC is already starting to show its teeth in a single-minded drive to eliminate what it thinks of as “false” self-employment. There’s … Continue reading
Why a Celebrity Tax Investigation Has the BBC Seeing Stars
You may have already seen the headlines. Somewhere around a hundred BBC presenters are currently gazing down the barrel of a nasty HMRC false self-employment investigation. It’s not limited to … Continue reading
Why we need greater transparency about umbrellas and employment status
The HMRC rules surrounding umbrella companies aren’t always well understood, or even applied consistently. Recent changes in the regulations have had serious effects for workers and employers, with a major … Continue reading
The Problem of False Self-Employment
Getting caught on the receiving end of an employment status challenge from HMRC is a nasty business, and it’s going to keep happening at an increasing rate. UCATT is reporting … Continue reading
Getting Your Expenses Right
New rules came into force in April for intermediaries paying travel and subsistence expenses, and they’re bad news for a huge number of workers.To continue paying tax-free expenses to workers, … Continue reading
Employment Status Assessments: Better Safe than Sorry
With HMRC on a mission to maximise tax revenue, they’re actively carrying out compliance reviews into those companies that engage self-employed individuals to ascertain if those individuals should be treated … Continue reading
Legal Expert provides clarity on proposed changes to the Construction Industry
Opinion: Kye Burchmore RIFT Legal’s Kye Burchmore, a leading employment status expert with particular experience of advising clients in the construction industry, recently attended an industry seminar on the changes … Continue reading