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PCG Seeks Funding To Fight Test Case On Tax
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) issued a call on Thursday for funds to help support a case which, it says, has huge tax implications for tens of thousands of IT contractors and other small businesses.
[November 5, 2004, 12:28]
Contractors Lose IR35 Appeal
News The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday morning that IR35, the controversial tax on self-employed contractors, is not illegal, rejecting claims from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) that the legislation broke European law.
[December 21, 2001, 10:55]
News Roundup: IR35 In The High Court
News Lawyers for The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) have argued that this unfairly penalises small IT services providers because large organisations aren't affected, making IR35 in effect an illegal state aid for big companies.
[March 16, 2001, 10:50]
Contractor Loses High Court IR35 Case
News Following Friday's ruling, Stutchbury will have to pay more than 50 percent of his company's turnover in tax, according to the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), which backed Stutchbury in the case.
[March 31, 2003, 15:45]
How Will The Election Affect IR35?
News Lawyers for The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) have argued that this unfairly penalises small IT services providers because large organisations aren't affected, making IR35 in effect an illegal state aid for big companies.
[May 19, 2001, 10:06]
IR35 Campaigners Hit The Road
News A High Court judge last month criticised the Inland Revenue for not enforcing IR35 correctly, but did not declare the tax illegal, as the Professional Contractors' Group had argued in court. The most significant outcome of the Professional...
[May 9, 2001, 13:45]
Blair Accused Of Damaging IT Job Market
News Professional Contractors Group chairman Simon Griffiths claims an increasing number of lower paid overseas workers are damaging the UK IT sector's competitive edge. In response the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has launched a campaign for...
[May 27, 2003, 14:20]
IR35 Tax Battle Hits The Courts
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) claims that it penalises individual IT contractors and small businesses because they are forced to pay more tax than their larger rivals -- 38 percent compared to 32 percent, according to the PCG.
[March 13, 2001, 11:42]
PCG Offers Help With IR35-proof Contracts
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has created a series of draft contracts that it believes self-employed workers could use to avoid falling foul of IR35. The draft agreements, which were published on Monday, cover situations where a...
[September 25, 2001, 10:20]
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]
PCG: New Case Law Will Defeat IR35
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has predicted that it can still save its members from the IR35 tax, despite Friday's defeat at the Court of Appeal. Speaking to ZDNet UK shortly after the ruling, PCG chair Jane Akshar said that a series of...
[December 21, 2001, 13:33]
Date Set For IR35 Appeal
News The Professional Contractors Group, which has been fighting the controversial rules since they were first announced, will have its case heard on 4 December for three days. Under the rules, which were introduced in April 2000, some specialist...
[November 27, 2001, 14:15]
De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) Now Enjoys Total Confidence In Its New Technology Infrastructure Thanks To Dell Professional Services, The Consulting Division Of Dell
White Papers Belgium-based De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) was sharing an ICT platform with another affiliate from the De Smet Group. DSEC was looking for a reliable strategic partner and chose Dell and Dell Professional Services to migrate the existing...
[October 6, 2005, 0:00]
IR35 Battle To Hit The High Court
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), which has secured a judicial review of the new tax, claims that IR35 is illegal under European law because it acts as a tax break for big IT agencies. IT35, which was introduced in April 2000, treats some...
[March 9, 2001, 12:08]
MPs Put The Boot Into IR35
News The Professional Contractors Group was set up to fight IR35, eventually losing a legal battle to have the tax overturned. In a report published this week, the All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group (APPSBG) warned that contractors are being...
[July 30, 2003, 18:45]
Contractor Wins IR35 Victory
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has won the latest round in its long-running IR35 battle with the taxman. Just last week the Inland Revenue blamed contractors for the length of time it is taking for some IR35 cases to be resolved.
[November 5, 2003, 10:55]
Chancellor Urged To Ditch IR35
News Both the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) -- which recently lost a legal attempt to get IR35 axed -- and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have urged Brown to ditch the tax in the next budget, which will be delivered on 17 April.
[March 28, 2002, 16:59]
IR35 Could Cost Companies Billions In Benefits
News Mr Justice Burton, who is hearing a judicial review brought by the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), said in court that a self-employed contractor who was treated as an employee for tax purposes by the Inland Revenue should also be entitled to...
[March 21, 2001, 7:31]
IR35 Could Rob Britain Of The Next Microsoft
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) believes that IR35 -- a tax which critics argue imposes an unfair burden on self-employed contractors -- is illegal, and is pushing this claim at a judicial review at the High Court this week.
[March 15, 2001, 6:24]
Decision Coming Soon In IR35 Appeal
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) -- which has led the battle against IR35 -- took its case to the Court of Appeal after losing a judicial review back in April. PCG's members decided to appeal this decision after the High Court had found in...
[December 20, 2001, 12:55]
