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IT contractor tax
- Fresh Post March 2 HMRC Increase Working From Home Allowance
- Fresh Post February 28 Barclays ordered to repay £500 million in tax
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- Fresh Post September 13 IT contractors 'not making the most of their skills'
- Fresh Post September 10 IT suppliers meet with gov't to discuss cuts
IR35
- Fresh Post February 16 Civil Servants' Salaries Paid Direct to Ltd Companies.
- Fresh Post September 26 Dramatic decrease in IR35 Reviews
- Fresh Post March 29 IR35 announcement 'unsurprising'
- Fresh Post March 28 MacIntyre Hudson slams govt's IR35 position
IT contractors' tax legislation 'has blighted lives'
IR35 legislation was ill thought-out and has blighted the lives of IT contractors and freelance workers for years, it has been claimed.
According to the managing director of freelance lobby group PCG John Brazier, cost and distress caused to self-employed workers trying to deal with the complex system has been high.
Mr Brazier therefore welcomes the government's pledge to review IR35 and replace it with something simpler, a pledge reiterated when the emergency Budget was announced earlier this month.
Despite the problems it has caused IT contractors and other freelancers, Mr Braizer is insistent time should be taken to get the changes right.
He concluded: "Post IR35, we hope that the new environment works for freelancers and the economy.
"We also hope for a fairer structure that is transparent and is understood on all sides."
According to the managing director of freelance lobby group PCG John Brazier, cost and distress caused to self-employed workers trying to deal with the complex system has been high.
Mr Brazier therefore welcomes the government's pledge to review IR35 and replace it with something simpler, a pledge reiterated when the emergency Budget was announced earlier this month.
Despite the problems it has caused IT contractors and other freelancers, Mr Braizer is insistent time should be taken to get the changes right.
He concluded: "Post IR35, we hope that the new environment works for freelancers and the economy.
"We also hope for a fairer structure that is transparent and is understood on all sides."
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