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Hasta-la-vista taxpayers: Chiles IR35 case shows lawfare is back
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Labour's ambitious growth targets clash with tighter contractor regulations, as IR35 stays firm and umbrella companies face unprecedented scrutiny in 2025.
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Ministers consider major change to ban on ‘exploitative’zero-hours contracts after backlash from businesses
Self-employed given harsher penalties for late tax payments in Spring Statement
The number of freelancers working outside of IR35 legislation doubled in 2024, new research shows.
Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson has lost his IR35 appeal at the upper tribunal, leaving the former Liverpool player with a tax bill for working as a disguised employee of £300,000 in PAYE and NIC.
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What the Spring Statement means for you and your business
The UK's self-employed workforce was ignored by the Chancellor in her Spring Statement today - when will the government acknowledge that the self-employed workforce is a vital cog in the UK economy?
The Freelance Informer
Spring Budget: self-employed face debt raids & fines
Disappointment as the self-employed got no mention in the Spring Statement.
Accountancy
Footballer loses IR35 case at second try
Former Liverpool footballer and Sky Sports presenter Phil Thompson has lost his IR35 tax appeal.
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IR35 reforms: HMRC’s assessment of private sector impacts called into question
HMRC recently published figures that show it generated £1.8bn more than expected from private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, but those figures are being called into question.
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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’
