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Fraudsters could set their sights on self-assessment customers, with more than 11.5 million submitting a tax return by last months deadline.

Three years after the implementation of controversial IR35 rules in the private sector, nearly half of contractors claim they have been incorrectly labelled as employed for tax purposes.

Half (49%) of contractors said IR35 is the main reason for poor business performance in 2023, according to flexible worker insurer Qdos.


A survey of 900 contractors by insurance provider Qdos found that two-thirds want the government to consider scrapping the IR35 rules in the next Budget, which is due to take place in March 2024

A cross-party group of MPs have slammed HMRC over its tactics and approach to enforcing the Loan Charge and said it drew “frightening” parallels with the Post Office Horizon scandal.

With the self-assessment tax return deadline looming, HMRC has highlighted that as many as 44,800 taxpayers have already chosen to spread their tax payments via payment plans with the tax office

Unlike Christmas, almost no one looks forward to tax return season, but with the self-assessment online deadline looming on Jan 31, “preparing your tax return” should probably be on your to-do list.

Media presenter Kaye Adams of Atholl House Productions Limited has won her IR35 case after nine years and four tax tribunal hearings.

Kaye Adams has beaten the taxman in a nine-year dispute over her earnings as a presenter at the BBC.

In a pitch to small businesses and the self-employed, Jeremy Hunt announced he would reform and simplify National Insurance Contributions to help boost growth.