Off Payroll Contractors: IR35 Tax Changes
The UK have 3 months until the reform of the IR35 legislation. It had originally been due to come into force back in April 2020, but the Government pushed it back a year to 6 April 2021. Whilst we must continue to respond to Covid-19 challenges as well as prepare for our exit out of […]
Virtual Employment Law Seminar | March 2020
Due to recent events in relation to coronavirus, we presented our Employment Law Seminar virtually in March this year. Throughout the webinar we aimed to make it interactive through audience participation in questions and answers and polls. We discussed all current and future employment law topics including: Current Issues – Coronavirus, IR35, Jack’s Law, Good Work […]
IR35: private sector and Brexit
IR35 introduced to stop abuse The IR35 rules first came into force with the Finance Act 2000 with the aim of preventing contractors from avoiding paying their dues by drawing a tax-free salary from a company structure which they had created for that precise purpose. According to HMRC, someone earning £100,000 over the period of a […]
What the Autumn Statement means for employers
With changes to national insurance thresholds to a rise in the national living wage, Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement contained several important changes that employers need to prepare for. Rise in national living wage From April 2017, the national living wage for over-25s will rise 4.2%. This will mean an increase from £7.20 to £7.50 per […]