Here’s a rather more welcome government u-turn. The increase in probate fees has been proposed a couple of times now. I’d guess they thought they’d get it in below the radar and were unprepared for the outrage it would cause with the ‘death tax label almost as damaging as May’s ‘Alzheimers Tax’ in the last election. Wouldn’t be surprised, though, to see it return if any future government ever has a majority…
“Lords to probe shake-up of IR35 rules”
‘IR35’ basically says that if you’re ‘self-employed’ but only do work for one company, you’re actually an employee, should be taxed like one and get holidays, maternity leave etc. etc.. It’s been around for 20 years or more and has been difficult, nigh impossible to...
