OPINION How can a once entrepreneur-turned-Chancellor sit comfortably with the “immorality of IR35’s double-taxation”? This is just one of the concerns that the UK’s self-employed, umbrella company workers and those advocating for their rights are hoping will be addressed in the March Budget. Entrepreneurial beginnings Before entering Parliament, Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s current Chancellor, was […]

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OPINION Following the publication of the government and HMRC joint report on the introduction of IR35 reform in the private and voluntary sectors, IR35 experts have highlighted what they see as a “red herring” which indicates that freelancers, contractors and the self-employed are not treated with the same respect and care as other taxpayers, despite […]

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The Freelance Informer looks back on 2022’s top freelancer stories and how they could shape the freelance economy going into 2023 #1 IR35 Off-Payroll reforms would be repealed IR35 and Off-payroll policy news monopolised the headlines in 2022. But perhaps the news story that affected portfolio contractors the most was former Chancellor of the Exchequer […]

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If Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to make good on his “Startup Treasury Mentality” he’ll need to advise his Chancellor to help pass policies that embrace freelancers rather than exclude them. Will Mr Sunak revive the Conservative’s former status as the Party of Business? Many are doubtful. Now that Rishi Sunak is Head Honcho at […]

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The British government is launching a taskforce to support women entrepreneurs, tackle investing barriers, and increase the number of women-led fast-growing businesses outside the capital. But with many women starting out as solo-person businesses or freelancers, confusing and discriminatory IR35 reforms are likely to intimidate female-led startups from forming in the first place. The ‘Taskforce […]

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IR35 expert, Qdos, has responded to the release of HMRC’s evidence put forward to the Finance Bill Sub Committee for their inquiry into IR35 reform in the private sector. Will the HMRC admit what the reform is really doing to British entrepreneurship and self-employment? “HMRC’s submission doesn’t tell the full story of IR35 reform,” says […]

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