IR35 freelance tax changes will go ahead in April 2021 – are you ready?
MPs vote through IR35 tax reform, bringing thousands of freelance contractors within PAYE for the first time
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MPs vote through IR35 tax reform, bringing thousands of freelance contractors within PAYE for the first time
Sole trader
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Alison Horner of MHA MacIntyre Hudson goes over what you need to do to defer your next VAT payment because of coronavirus difficulties
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Small business asks chancellor Rishi Sunak to not go back on Tory election pledge to reform, not scrap entrepreneurs’ relief
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But fines will be imposed on freelance contractors from April 2021 as Treasury cracks down on willful deception
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak seeks to reassure freelancers that HMRC will not be “heavy handed” when new IR35 rules come into effect on 6 April
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Chancellor to announce review of business rates in budget, mulls scrapping them in favour of landlords paying tax on land value
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Internet giant could pass cost of 2% digital tax imposed by Conservative government onto small business, just as it has done in France
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The deadline for making a tax return is fast approaching so those needing to do so must act now before 31 January
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Internet giant could pass cost of 2% digital tax imposed by Conservative government onto small business, just as it has done in France
Tax
The deadline for making a tax return is fast approaching so those needing to do so must act now before 31 January
Tax
Chancellor warns that Labour wants to stop family members inheriting small businesses – Labour denies any such plans as part of business taxes review
Tax
Shadow small business minister Bill Esterson says Labour will review IR35 tax changes as they are rolled out to business, but backtracks on pledge to scrap
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Tory move to lift national insurance threshold to £12,500 would put nearly £700 each in the pockets of millions of small business workers
Tax
Federation of Small Businesses warns that corporates will pull plug on employing sole traders if controversial IR35 tax change goes ahead in April 2020
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