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Recruiters and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Recruiters and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
marketing | 25 March 2020
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Good Afternoon

We are awaiting further information from government in relation to the Government’s planned job retention scheme / furloughing workers receiving 80% income.

 We are hoping that the job retention scheme will be applicable to umbrella, but we do not actually know for certain at this stage. 

The situation is changing on a daily basis and we will keep you informed of all developments that we are aware of. 

Please find some useful information about Recruiters and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme here. 

Nick Holmes, CEO.

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Eamonn Holmes Loses Expensive IR35 Case
Eamonn Holmes Loses Expensive IR35 Case
marketing | 27 February 2020
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This Morning

Eamonn Holmes has become the latest TV star to lose an expensive IR35 tax case with HMRC.

The veteran This Morning presenter enjoyed certain tax advantages because he was working as a contractor through a limited company.

However, after the taxman challenged his employment status in court, a judge ruled that the Holmes was effectively employed by ITV.

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Government Launches ‘Meaningless’ Review of IR35 Changes
Government Launches ‘Meaningless’ Review of IR35 Changes
marketing | 9 January 2020
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The Government has this week launched a review of the upcoming change to off-payroll (IR35) working rules. But the review has already been branded ‘limited’ and ‘meaningless’ by industry experts.

The review will gather evidence from contractors and large and medium-sized businesses and will determine if any further steps can be taken to ensure the ‘smooth implementation’ of the reforms.

Legislators will need to act quickly, however, because the reforms are still due to take effect in April 2020.

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BBC Newsreaders Lose IR35 Tribunal
BBC Newsreaders Lose IR35 Tribunal
marketing | 2 October 2019
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HMRC has recorded a rare IR35 victory after a tribunal decided that three self-employed BBC newsreaders were operating as so-called ‘disguised employees’.

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GSK Confusion is Just ‘Taste of Things to Come’
GSK Confusion is Just ‘Taste of Things to Come’
marketing | 4 September 2019
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Contractors
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April 2020
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A sense of panic and alarm spread rapidly through the wider contracting community when HMRC sent IR35 letters to more than a thousand GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) freelancers and contractors last week. But this is just a ‘taste of things to come’ when IR35 changes are extended to the private sector in April 2020, according to a contractor interest group.

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HMRC Publishes Information about its IR35 CEST Tool
HMRC Publishes Information about its IR35 CEST Tool
marketing | 24 March 2020
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HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been a touchy subject for contractors that want to find out if they will be inside or outside IR35. 

The online tool was first introduced in 2017 to help contractors and their engagers judge employment status for tax purposes and, ultimately, how a contractor will be taxed.

The service asks a series of questions based on key legal criteria. It helps provide a judgement in most straightforward cases, with assistance in more complex cases available through a handbook and the HMRC call centre.

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IR35: 43,000 Companies Warned by HMRC
IR35: 43,000 Companies Warned by HMRC
marketing | 30 January 2020
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April 2020.

HM Revenue & Customs is in the process of issuing 43,000 letters to private sector businesses, warning them to consider the employment status of their contractors ahead of IR35 reforms in April.

These reforms mean that private sector engagers will be responsible for judging their contractors’ employment status for tax, rather than the individuals themselves.

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NHS Consultant Fundraiser to Challenge HMRC IR35 Challenge
NHS Consultant Fundraiser to Challenge HMRC IR35 Challenge
marketing | 14 October 2019
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Consultant

An NHS consultant urologist is crowdfunding his challenge to an unfair IR35 classification on behalf of other independent healthcare professionals.

Providing his services to the NHS as locum, George Mantides and others in his position are treated as employees for tax purposes, but don’t receive any of the benefits that employees traditionally enjoy.

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Controversial Contractor Tax Could Be Scrapped
marketing | 17 September 2019
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Contractors
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The controversial loan charge, which affects contractors who participated in ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes, could be scrapped after Chancellor Sajid Javid commissioned an official review into the tax.

The new review will conclude by mid-November to give taxpayers certainty ahead of the January Self Assessment deadline. It will be led by Amyas Morse, the former chief executive of the National Audit Office.

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HMRC Accuses 1,500 GSK Contractors of IR35 Non-Compliance
HMRC Accuses 1,500 GSK Contractors of IR35 Non-Compliance
marketing | 2 September 2019
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2020 IR35 Changes

HMRC has sent a letter to around 1,500 GlaxoSmithKline contractors accusing them of being ‘disguised employees’ and ordering them to pay more tax under IR35 rules.

As the taxman ramps up the aggressive campaign against contractors, the letter was reportedly sent to contractors in different departments at the multinational pharmaceutical company.

HMRC’s letter says that in the 2018/19 tax year, their “view is that the contract between your PSC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) comes under the off-payroll working rules ‘IR35’.”

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