Over the past ten years, various steps have been taken to improve the effectiveness of the off-payroll (IR35) rules, with limited success. In April 2017 the Government reformed the way in which the rules operate in the public sector by shifting responsibility for determining employment status from an individual contractor to the organisation engaging them. …
The off-payroll working rules, known as IR35, were introduced in 2000 to ensure that someone working like an employee, but through a limited company, pays similar levels of tax to other employees. Broadly, the IR35 rules require an individual to determine whether they would be employed or self-employed for tax purposes, if they were working …
Getting ready for off-payroll working changes From 6 April 2020 the off-payroll working rules that have applied since 6 April 2017 where the end client is a public sector body are to be extended to large and medium private sector organisations who engage workers providing their services through an intermediary, such as a personal service …
