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Contractors welcome Lords inquiry into IR35 before tax reforms hit private sector but fear it's 'too little, too late'

Rich 2 Silver badge

When is a duck not a duck?

"...applies to all contractors and freelancers who do not fall under HMRC's definition of being self-employed."

The biggest problem I have found is that HMRC are deliberately vague about the rules. There seems to be no cast-in-stone checklist you can go to to definitively check IR35 status.

Of course, this is deliberate - HMRC like things vague so that they can make the rules up as they go along. Which they do on a very regular basis, and not just with regard to IR35

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