The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Atholl House Productions Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 501 The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Atholl House Productions Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 501, contradicting HMRC’s interpretation of the law and remitting the case back to the […]
Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the Spring Budget. As widely reported, the planned increase in National Insurance contributions will proceed from 6 April 2022 despite inflationary pressures. Employee’s National Insurance contributions will increase from 12% to 13.25% while employer’s National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8% to 15.05% to help fund increased expenditure
We have noticed an unfortunate tendency for recruiters to require contractors to opt-out of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003 (the “Conduct Regulations”) where an engagement is deemed to be inside IR35/off-payroll. Whether or not the client has taken reasonable care about undertaking the status determination statement by procuring independent and
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Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Budget, which has been preceded by more leaks than Mélusine after a night on the town. The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 reaffirmed in paragraph 5.28 the Government’s planned increase in National Insurance contributions by 1.25% effective from April 2022. We regard the increase in National Insurance contributions as
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Northern Light Solutions Limited v The Commissioners For Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs UT/2020/000353 The Northern Light Solutions Limited (“NLS”) judgment is somewhat concerning since few contractors can operate outside of IR35 if the judgment is taken at face value. The judges seem to have fallen into the trap of overzealously applying the work/wage bargain.
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Introducing the Status Arbitration Service The Law Place Limited is pleased to announce the Status Arbitration Service (“SAS”) to provide a cost-effective, competent and rapid IR35 status determination solution for clients and contractors. The Finance Act 2020 introduced the “client-led status disagreement process”, which is wholly unsatisfactory and offends against natural justice by making the client act
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The Law Place Limited is pleased to announce the launch of Umbrella Company Freeclaims, offering free Particulars of Claim to support contractors who have been forced to use umbrella companies reclaim unlawfully deducted employer’s National Insurance contributions, the Apprenticeship Levy and underpayments of annual leave. Unfortunately, umbrella companies often receive bad advice and the aim
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The new Consultancy Project Agreement package provides an innovative solution to the off-payroll legislation for consultancies engaging limited company contractors to deliver projects for the benefit of their clients. The ‘statement of work’ model has been touted as a possible solution; however, this does not work unless (a) the contract terms are drafted by an expert
We have noticed a disturbing trend among recruiters who are forcing contractors to use umbrella companies as a condition of providing working finding services. All too often, recruiters are making the provision of work-finding services conditional on the use of an umbrella or choice of umbrella companies. Other than allegations regarding the Bribery Act 2010,
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Today the Chancellor confirmed that the extension of last year’s reforms to IR35 will not be extended to the private sector until April 2020. This decision was based on the consultation process and representations from MPs. From April 2020, responsibility ‘for operating the off-payroll working rules will move from individuals to the organisation, agency or
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