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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.
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The umbrella tax legislation introduces a structural shift in how tax risk is allocated across the labour supply chain.
The Make Work Pay consultation proposes reforms to agency and umbrella regulation, focusing on worker security, pay transparency and genuine choice.
Umbrella legislation targeting £1bn of tax avoidance to proceed from April 2026, making agencies pay for lost tax.
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The government has published updated guidance on umbrella companies, introducing new rules on joint and several liability within labour supply chains.
MPs have rejected amendments to the Employment Rights Bill tabled by the House of Lords
A recent report from the Fabian Society exposes the precarious financial position many freelancers and the UK economy face
The leader of the UK's biggest trade union has warned it would be a "huge mistake" for the government to water down its Employment Rights Bill.
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Ministers publish temporary labour market consultation
The government has launched a consultation seeking views on extending the regulatory framework for the temporary labour market to cover umbrella companies.
Computer Weekly
Post Office offered bailout to cover £104.4m IR35 tax bill linked to Horizon IT scandal
The Department for Business and Trade has offered to pay £104.4m to HMRC to cover the cost of historic IR35-related assessment errors made by the Post Office while employing contractors to assist with its handling of the Horizon IT scandal, it has emerged.
The HRDirector
Resourcing through the fog of regulation
To deliver the talent businesses need, when they need it, organisations must move beyond traditional employment models and instead rethink how contingent labour is strategically deployed, governed, and aligned to business outcomes.
Financial Times
How the UK tax system rewards going solo
Latest levy and legislative changes threaten to fuel a fresh shift towards off-payroll work argue some experts.
Computer Weekly
IR35: Conservative Party pledge to reform off-payroll rules gets lacklustre response
Having overseen two sets of reforms to the IR35 rules while in power, plus an abortive attempt to repeal those same changes, the Conservative Party has pledged another reform of the off-payroll rules.
