by Lynne Gowers | Oct 22, 2020 | Agencies, IR35
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HMRC has issued draft guidance clarifying certain points of the changes to the off-payroll IR35 rules coming in April.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 | Liquid Friday, Agencies
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...
by Lynne Gowers | Jul 12, 2019 | Agencies, General News
Resignation rather than shock would best describe industry reaction to the draft IR35 legislation published by Government this week. As expected the off payroll rules will be extended to the private sector from April 2020, and while HMRC believes that this gives...
by Lynne Gowers | Jun 28, 2019 | Agencies, Contractors
We previously reported on HSBC’s ultimatum to contractors to “quit or go perm” and now another banking behemoth is following suit. In what will come as a further blow to banking and IT contractors, Morgan Stanley have made the decision not to take on any more...
