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Dave Chaplin is a former IT contractor, founder and CEO of ContractorCalculator, and author of the Contractors' Handbook and Beat IR35.
Hasta-la-vista taxpayers: Chiles IR35 case shows lawfare is back
Chaplin argues the BBL highlights issues with HMRC's Litigation and Settlement Strategy (LSS) and the fairness of the tax tribunal system.
The war on the self-employed must stop
For two decades, Governments have allowed Treasury and HMRC to launch legislative “tax cluster bombs” against a perceived threat — the self-employed.
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Bryan Robson partially won the IR35 tax appeal against HMRC, highlighting that complex tax laws urgently need reform.
Labour's ambitious growth targets clash with tighter contractor regulations, as IR35 stays firm and umbrella companies face unprecedented scrutiny in 2025.
How will the Employment Rights Bill affect contractors? Martyn Valentine of The Law Place explains the likely impact.
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The Labour Party and HMRC are on the hunt for more Treasury funds.
What sole traders are entitled to receive from a state pension and why paying into a private pension is important.
Labour’s plans for a new single status for workers plus improved protection and employment rights
One in five highly-skilled contractors are currently not working amid rising economic inactivity.
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Accounting Web
Thresholds changes fail to reduce reporting burdens
Off-payroll and thresholds changes mean that medium-sized companies turning small may have a two- to three-year wait for burden lifting.
The Freelance Informer
How you identify as an independent worker could impact your earning potential, new data suggests
New research captures the self-employed landscape and contractor's views from 2024.
FT Adviser
IR35 changes will ‘put contractors back in charge’
A move to change company threshold sizes is expected to see 14,000 medium-sized businesses reclassified as small businesses.
Computer Weekly
Loan Charge under review: MPs brand latest independent inquiry into controversial policy ‘a farce’
The government’s highly independent review of the loan charge has emerged and has been widely criticised for falling short of what is needed to address the damage caused to the victims of the policy.
Yahoo.com
Man United legend Bryan Robson to be hit with tax bill over ambassador role
Bryan Robson has become one more member of another unfortunate club, the ‘IR35 Decade Club’
