Get your business ready for IR35

IR35 – the tax rules distinguishing freelancers from employees – are getting tougher. Here's how to make sure our business can cope.

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Are your contractors really self-employed, or employees in disguise?
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Reforms of the IR35 regime are due to come into force in April. The rules aim to tackle "disguised employment", where workers set themselves up as self-employed contractors to secure more favourable tax treatment. The arrangement suits employers too: they pay less national insurance.

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David Prosser
Business Columnist

David Prosser is a regular MoneyWeek columnist, writing on small business and entrepreneurship, as well as pensions and other forms of tax-efficient savings and investments. David has been a financial journalist for almost 30 years, specialising initially in personal finance, and then in broader business coverage. He has worked for national newspaper groups including The Financial Times, The Guardian and Observer, Express Newspapers and, most recently, The Independent, where he served for more than three years as business editor.