OTS Continue Small Business Taxation Review
The Office of Tax Simplification has confirmed they are preparing for the next stage of their review into small businesses taxation. Following the review earlier this year, which focused on tax reliefs...
View ArticleAnother Limited Company Contractor IR35 Victory
The credibility of HMRCs investigations into IR35 contractors appears to have taken yet another blow with the news of yet another lost case. Phil Winfield won an eight year battle when a tribunal ruled...
View ArticleGovernment Focused On Reducing Red Tape For SME’s
The coalition Government have again promised to address the issue of red tape for small businesses, and have welcomed the views of business owners and employers. This announcement comes following their...
View ArticleFirst IR35 ‘Split Case’ For IT Contractor
With the future of IR35 still progressing with the work of the IR35 Forum, rulings on IR35 cases are still ongoing despite a fall in enquiries in recent years. The most recent case to go to a tribunal...
View ArticleContractor News In Brief 2011
This year has been a busy year for contractors as well as for ICS in what has been a turbulent 12 months for the UK economy and jobs market. Despite some difficult times the demand for contractors has...
View ArticleOTS Recommend Further Tax Support For SMEs
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) who have been working to review and simplify small business taxation over the last year, have made further calls to reduce accountancy practices and red tape...
View ArticleBudget IR35 Announcement Creating Uncertainty
Further to some of the general issues raised in this week’s budget, the future of IR35 took another twist following a number of announcements in the budget. After over a year of work from the IR35...
View ArticleHMRC Publish IR35 Forum Minutes On Business Tests
HMRC have released the minutes of the last two IR35 Forum meeting, which cover the significant progress made regarding the proposed ‘business test’. Both of these meetings were attended by...
View ArticleHMRC Release Details Of IR35 Business Entity Tests
After much speculation, the details of HMRC’s IR35 Business Entity Tests were finally revealed this week. The tests have been brought in following over a year of review from groups including the OTS,...
View ArticleOTS Provide Progress Update For Tax Simplification
The head of the Office of Tax Simplification has this week spoken about the body’s continued efforts to simplify the UK tax system, a task they started back in 2010. The head of the group, John...
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