by Pete Willcocks | Mar 30, 2026 | IR35
IR35 Threshold Changes: What Businesses and Contractors Need to Know Changes to the company size thresholds used within the UK’s off-payroll working rules, commonly known as IR35, are set to alter how responsibility for employment status determinations is allocated...
by Pete Willcocks | Mar 23, 2026 | IR35
The Issues With CEST The UK government’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool was introduced by HMRC to help organisations determine whether contractors fall inside or outside the scope of the IR35 off-payroll working rules. The tool is widely used by...
by Pete Willcocks | Mar 2, 2026 | IR35
IR35: Why Scrapping the Legislation Isn’t the Silver Bullet Reform UK Thinks It Is Calls to scrap IR35 entirely have resurfaced, most recently from figures associated with Reform UK and its ‘Restore Britain’ messaging. The argument is simple and politically...
by Pete Willcocks | Feb 23, 2026 | IR35
When The Post Office Got IR35 Wrong. A £104 Million Mistake. In a dramatic and costly twist to its long-running operational troubles, Post Office Ltd has now become one of the most high-profile public bodies to fall foul of the UK’s IR35 rules – the complex tax regime...
by Pete Willcocks | Jan 12, 2026 | IR35
IR35 & Image Rights For many UK contractors, the combination of IR35 tax rules and image rights feel like something not to have to every worry about. That is until a real-world case brings it into focus. The recent Bryan Robson Limited v HMRC tribunal decision has...
