Reply to post: Re: Any news on whether the BBC pays their side of the bargain?

BBC presenter loses appeal, must pay £420k in IR35 crackdown

Lysenko

Re: Any news on whether the BBC pays their side of the bargain?

assuming she followed all of the tax accountants advice as to what she had to pay etc, etc to Keep it legal - then can she sue the accountant for giving false advice?

That can get tricky. Unlike criminal law, you can't generally sue someone (successfully) just for being wrong - you have to prove that the error was deliberate or negligent. Given that this ruling is seen as significant, it follows that the accountants have a good defence on the basis that their advice was an honest, competent opinion at the time it was given.

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