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Loan Charge Group MPs demand IR35 shake-up to stop contractors becoming ‘zero-rights employees’ Inquiry by Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group calls on government to tweak IR35 legislation during passage of next Finance Bill Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Apr 2021 13:20 The government is facing calls from a 200-strong group of MPs to amend its 20-year-old IR35 tax-avoidance legislation over fears that its misuse is leaving growing numbers of contractors effectively working for companies as “zero-rights” employees. The MPs in question, banding together a...

The changes, which were introduced in the public sector in 2017, have caused widespread concern in the sector as self-employed workers, described by the new rules as contractors, fear the new rules will lead to a greater cost burden and a reduction in work. Dave Chaplin, chief executive of ContractorCalculator, urged contractors to “hold their nerve” but warned that hirers who are not prepared should consider terminating or pausing existing contracts with workers immediately and start assessing them before they continue any work. He added that employers and contractors can continue to...

IR35 reforms: Private sector start date prompts mixed picture of predictions for contracting market The IR35 tax avoidance reforms take hold in the private sector, prompting a mixed picture of predictions from stakeholders about what the future holds for contractors in the UK Share this item with your network: By Published: 06 Apr 2021 10:45 The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) claims the government’s decision to press ahead with the private sector roll-out of the IR35 tax avoidance reforms risks “undermining the UK’s contractors at the worst po...

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Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed research into what contractors plan to do once the IR35 reforms come into play highlights growing risk of talent shortages.