May / 11
The former England footballer-turned TV presenter Gary Lineker is facing a £5m tax bill from HMRC. According to the taxman, the star owes £3,621,735.90 in income tax and £1,307,160.46 in National Insurance contributions. Linker strongly disputes the amount and has been locked in battle with HMRC for over a year. The case centres on his
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May / 10
New research by IPSE shows that self-employed earnings and confidence in the economy made a “remarkable recovery” in the first quarter of 2021. Supported by another study, by the REC, the latest figures show that freelancers and contractors average quarterly earnings are up an impressive 20 percent from the end of 2020. Meanwhile, contractor’s confidence
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Mar / 5
Delivering his Spring Budget, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he would do “whatever it takes” to protect jobs and businesses from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite acute damage to the economy, with more than 700,000 people losing their jobs and borrowing at its highest outside of wartime, he said that OBR figures indicate
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Jun / 5
As the UK begins a tentative return to the workplace, the post-Covid marketplace will see some fundamental changes. Understanding how these changes will affect your sector is critical. Alongside industry-specific skills, recruiters will be looking for certain key skills across the board when it comes to marking out talent. These are the skills that will
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May / 20
IR35 reform is set to be extended to the private sector in 2021 after a tabled amendment to the 2019-21 Finance Bill failed to gain the support of the Labour Party. The amendment, tabled by conservative MP David Davis, proposed that the private sector rollout be postponed until the tax year 2023-24. It followed
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May / 18
Tomorrow, MPs will vote on a proposed amendment to the 2019-21 Finance Bill that would delay the implementation of IR35 reform in the private sector until 2023/24. The amendment was tabled by Conservative MP David Davis, and included within the House of Commons order paper for Tuesday 19 May. It follows a twelve-month delay to
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May / 13
Health Secretary Matt Hancock recently announced a large-scale track and trace programme at a coronavirus daily briefing. The programme will involve the recruitment of some 18,000 contact tracers in an ambitious scheme that is still evolving. Of these 18,000 people, the government has proposed 15,000 call handlers, with 3,000 as trained public health staff
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May / 12
Wednesday 13th May marks the start of the government’s phased Covid-19 recovery strategy as the UK moves into a new “stay alert” phase that also sees the reopening of some key industries. On Sunday, the Prime Minister sketched out a conditional plan for how the country will gradually come out of lockdown, while emphasising the
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May / 11
HMRC has suffered a crushing defeat with an appeal to the Upper Tribunal in its IR35 case against the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Back in 2018, HMRC raised tax and NIC assessments on the PGMOL totalling nearly £584K for the two years ended 5th April 2016, on the basis that they considered
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