Practical considerations of IR35
27th January 2021. Prepare for the new Off Payroll Working “IR35” Regulations before they start on 6th April 2021.
IR35 is effectively new legislation which requires medium and large businesses to have controls in place to identify, assess and determine the employment status for income tax/NIC purposes of contractors engaged via an intermediary (i.e. typically a Personal Service Company or Partnership).
The April 2021 changes also provides new guidance for public sector bodies who have been required to abide by OPW legislation since April 2017.
1. Have good governance in place supporting robust controls and processes to ensure compliance with the new rules including identification, assessment and payment of engagements caught under these rules.
2. Identify OPW workers who provide their services via intermediaries which are caught under these rules.
3. Assess whether an engagement is a supply within the scope for OPW/ IR35 assessment or is a fully contracted-out service.
4. Assess the worker's employment status and take reasonable care when doing so.
5. Provide a Status Determination Statement to the worker's intermediary and fee-payer (if the person paying the intermediary is not the end-client).
6. Have in place a robust client-led disagreement (appeals) process to respond to appeals within legislated timescales.
7. Have an effective document retention process in place.
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