In line with pledges made during the general election campaign, the government has now launched a review into the changes to IR35 due to take place on April 6th.
The purpose of the review is to determine whether more should be done to “ensure a smooth and successful implementation of the reforms” to off-payroll working rules.
The review will also assess whether enough is being done to support the self-employed who are out of scope from the rules are not impacted by the changes.
The government has stated that the review will be concluded by mid-February.
As it stands, on April 6th IR35 rules will change so that it will be the end client, not the worker’s intermediary, who decides a worker’s IR35 status.
If it is determined that the worker has the same working arrangements as an employee, then they will be “inside IR35” and have to pay the same level of tax and national insurance contributions as an employee.
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Reference: Gov.UK (2020) "Off-payroll review launched'" Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/off-payroll-review-launched (7/1/2020)
