IR35 battle moves into new stage

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Controversial tax regulation IR35 is in focus at a couple of seminars set for 24 February under the ...

Controversial tax regulation IR35 is in focus at a couple of seminars set for 24 February under the guidance of the Professional Contractors Group, which has waged a multi-year protest and legal battle against the new rules. IR35 is the regulation which enables the Inland Revenue to make tax claims against self-employed consultants, mainly working in the area of technology and computer services, where they are deemed to be similar to contracted employees for purposes of national insurance payments. The PCG argued, and lost, in UK courts that as self-employed contractors, the indiv...

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