by Lynne Gowers | Nov 28, 2023 | Contractors, IR35, Agencies, General News
Buried in the small print of last week’s Autumn Statement was a reference to the IR35 Offset Mechanism, and confirmation that it is to go ahead from 6th April 2024. This is positive news for the contracting sector as until now an implementation date for this hadn’t...
by MLC-Admin | Jul 25, 2023 | Contractors, Agencies
Believe it or not, the majority of umbrella companies want to do their best for contractors, not take advantage of them. Together with our fellow FCSA members, and the FCSA itself, we have often had to be vocal in our defence of the legitimate umbrella industry in the...
by Lynne Gowers | Oct 22, 2020 | IR35, Agencies
2020 has thrown a lot at everyone. With the wide social and economic impact of the pandemic, the government delayed the implementation of IR35 reform in the private sector by 1 year, a decision which was broadly welcomed. The planned changes will now be introduced...
by Lynne Gowers | Feb 14, 2020 | Agencies, General News, Contractors
HMRC has issued draft guidance clarifying certain points of the changes to the off-payroll IR35 rules coming in April. The updated sections of HMRC’s Employment Status Manual (ESM), is nothing too drastically different from the draft legisaltion previously published....
by Lynne Gowers | Sep 27, 2019 | Agencies, Liquid Friday
Rewind to last year’s Autumn Budget, and then-Chancellor Philip Hammond tabled the extension of the IR35 off-payroll working rules to the private sector from April 2020. Since then, all manner of chaos has beset Westminster, as we all know! Nevertheless, there...
