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Lib Dems tackle IR35 in tax review
News Contractors will have a chance during October to influence Liberal Democrat policy on the IR35 tax regulation, as the party launches a review of their taxation policies. In a consultation paper, the party singled out IR35 as a case where attempts...
[September 30, 2005, 17:00]
IR35 could rob Britain of the next Microsoft
News As the battle over IR35 entered its second day at the High Court on Wednesday, some of the IT contractors who are affected by the tax claimed it will cause long-term damage to Britain's high-tech sector unless it is overturned.
[March 15, 2001, 6:24]
IR35 ruling means tax chaos
News IT contractors face tax chaos after a judge issued new guidance to the Inland Revenue on the way it enforces IR35 tax rules. Mr Justice Burton, the judge who presided over a judicial review of IR35, ruled on Monday morning that the Revenue had not...
[April 2, 2001, 9:58]
IR35 latest: Contractors face tax chaos
News The judge presiding over the judicial review of the government's controversial IR35 tax rules indicated on Wednesday that he might decide that IT workers, but not other contractors, should be exempt from the rules.
[March 15, 2001, 14:08]
IR35 campaigners hit the road
News A series of roadshows will help IT contractors learn how to cope with the Inland Revenue Self-employed IT contractors are being encouraged to attend a series of seminars to learn how to comply with the controversial IR35 tax rules.
[May 9, 2001, 13:45]
IR35 decisions 'take too long'
News The Inland Revenue has admitted the average time it takes to decide on an individual's IR35 status is too long, but claims it's the contractors themselves who are to blame for the hold-ups. In a meeting of the Corporate Tax Operational Consultative...
[October 29, 2003, 8:05]
IR35 decision due next Monday
News Judgement in the IR35 judicial review will be handed down on Monday, 2 April at the High Court. The judgement on the controversial tax measure will be watched with interest by contractors and employers across the UK.
[March 27, 2001, 8:20]
News Roundup: IR35 in the High Court
News At the High Court this week, a body representing the UK's self-employed IT contractors have been arguing that the government's IR35 tax rules are illegal. IR35 came into force in April 2000, and increases the tax liabilities of a consultant's...
[March 16, 2001, 10:50]
IR35 could cost companies billions in benefits
News Companies could be forced to pay billions of pounds in benefits to IT contractors if the IR35 taxes rules aren't overturned. Mr Justice Burton, who is hearing a judicial review brought by the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), said in court that...
[March 21, 2001, 7:31]
IR35 battle to hit the High Court
News A group representing the UK's IT consultants will clash with the Inland Revenue in the High Court next Tuesday, in an attempt to overturn the government's controversial IR35 tax rules. The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), which has secured a...
[March 9, 2001, 12:08]
'IR35-friendly' contracts could mean jail
News Employers and IT contractors risk criminal charges if they try to get around Inland Revenue tax rules by drawing up 'IR35-friendly' contracts. IR35 was introduced in 2000 to close a loophole which allowed IT contractors to effectively work as full...
[May 20, 2003, 16:30]
IR35 battle moves to the Court of Appeal
News The government is facing a new challenge to IR35 after the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) announced on Tuesday that it is to take its fight against the tax to the Court of Appeals. The PCG, a body which represents self-employed workers, is...
[August 28, 2001, 10:18]
IR35 tax battle hits the courts
News The conflict over the government's controversial IR35 tax hit the High Court on Tuesday morning, as representatives of the UK's independent IT and engineering contractors took their claim that IR35 is illegal to a judicial review.
[March 13, 2001, 11:42]
IT contractor wins key IR35 battle
Talkback Repeal this ill-conceived regulation: Perhaps now the government will repeal IR35, this ill-conceived and very poorly drafted regulation. IR35 seems to have been prompted by the misplaced greed and envy of people who have very little understanding...
[August 9, 2004, 13:39]
IT contractor wins key IR35 battle
News A contractor working for British Aerospace has won his IR35 case against the Inland Revenue, in a landmark decision that is likely to help other contractors who are disputing their status under the controversial tax rule.
[July 30, 2004, 11:10]
Contractor wins IR35 victory
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has won the latest round in its long-running IR35 battle with the taxman. One of its members, Roger Tilbury from Bedford, won his case against the Inland Revenue at the Special Commissioners when the judge...
[November 5, 2003, 10:55]
MPs put the boot into IR35
News An influential group of MPs from across the political spectrum have urged the government to review the controversial IR35 tax, claiming that it is causing significant damage to the UK's army of freelance workers.
[July 30, 2003, 18:45]
Contractor loses High Court IR35 case
News The High Court on Friday denied a software contractor's challenge to the IR35 tax regime in a case that a contractors' group called "a bitter blow" for the UK's 100,000 IT freelancers. The court decided against IT consultant Gordon Stutchbury in...
[March 31, 2003, 15:45]
Consultants await latest IR35 tax ruling
News Consultants working in the UK are anxiously awaiting what could be a landmark ruling in a High Court case that ended on Friday. The case is an appeal by IT consultant Gordon Stutchbury against a decision of tax commissioners that he was a...
[March 5, 2003, 12:01]
Inland Revenue adjusts IR35 guidelines
News IR35 campaigners have welcomed changes made by the Inland Revenue in the way it assesses whether someone is genuinely self-employed -- a move that could mark a thawing in relations between IT contractors and the tax inspectors.
[May 16, 2002, 14:35]
