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Another celebrity IR35 case under spotlight

As referenced in our update a couple of weeks ago, yet another media personality has been under the IR35 spotlight as played out in S & L Barnes Ltd v HMRC (see here). Whilst the appeal was heard at the First-tier Tax Tribunal (“FTT”) only and the case revolved around very similar factors to other such cases […]

Published: 15/02/2023

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Looking at the gig picture

As part of the Budget 2021 , the former Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced that the government would consult on the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) rules , that will require UK digital platform operators, (such as JustEat, Deliveroo, Uber, Amazon and eBay) to collect, verify, and send, certain information about the income of their sellers of goods and services, to both […]

Published: 15/02/2023

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Our Christmas Opening Hours 2022

Over the festive period, our office will be closed on the following dates: Friday 23rd December, Monday 26th December, Tuesday 27th December and Monday 2nd January. Merry Christmas from all of us at Chartergates.

Published: 16/12/2022

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Government’s mini-budget surprises with huge amendments to IR35 legislation

The Growth Plan   As you will undoubtedly be aware, the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has this morning delivered his Growth Plan. The full statement, and supporting documents can be found here, but some noteworthy announcements are: IR35 Repeal For many of our clients, the IR35 announcement in today’s ‘mini-budget’ will not only be a surprise but, also […]

Published: 29/09/2022

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Managed Service Companies Legislation – IMPORTANT NOTICE

We have recently received a number of queries from our accountant network and from a number of small businesses concerning the Managed Service Companies legislation. It appears that HMRC are conducting enquiries into a well-renowned specialist contractor accountancy firm, Churchill Knight. Many clients and former clients of Churchill Knight have received letters from HMRC and […]

Published: 25/05/2022

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Another IR35 case heard at the Court of Appeal

In this article we consider the recent IR35 judgment concerning, Kickabou t Productions Limited (KPL) , involved the well-known Talksport presenter, Paul Hawksbee (PH). We analyse the CoA’s judgment which focuses on the employment status of a hypothetical contract. As our regular readers will be aware, IR35 is a rather unique area of law as it generally applies in circumstances […]

Published: 25/05/2022

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Worker Status – Uber & what’s to come

It’s been six months since the Supreme Court (SC) handed down its judgment in the case of Uber BV and others v Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5 (Uber). As such we are dedicating this week’s newsletter to an assessment of how Uber has affected worker status cases in the tribunals so far.  We will […]

Published: 18/10/2021

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Department for Work and Pensions laden with huge IR35 bill

Regular readers will recall our many articles over the years covering HMRC’s attempts to provide concise pre-packaged assistance to businesses as they grapple with the seemingly straightforward but evidently extremely complicated question of employment status. Electronic online tools such as the Employment Status Indicator (ESI) and the more recent and much vaunted Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) have […]

Published: 05/08/2021

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Our Christmas Opening Hours 2020

Over the festive period, our office will be closed on the following dates: Friday 25th December, Monday 28th December, Thursday 31st December and Friday 1st January. Merry Christmas from all of us at Chartergates.

Published: 04/12/2020

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IR35 Reform Preparation and Update

According to the cliché, time flies. It certainly doesn’t seem like over six months since the Treasury Secretary stood up in Parliament and announced that the private sector IR35 reforms would be pushed to April 2021. And yet, here we are with less than six months to go until the legislation is yet again reformed, […]

Published: 20/10/2020

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