The infamous ‘IR35’ dates from the Gordon Brown (kids etc.) era. It was intended to stop contractors effectively working for companies as if self-employed and avoiding many of the costs, NI for one, of being employed; for both the non-employee and employer. It has been notoriously difficult to enforce, and has done little or nothing to stop the Deliveroos of this world using armies of piece-work self-employees. It’s only, in reality, government departments which have followed its letter, and in trying to make it work, HMRC has pursued, rather than big companies with armies of lawyers, individuals, often high profile media stars. They’ve argued that, if they have a regular slot on a TV programme, for instance, they can’t claim to be contractors. Kaye Adams dogged refusal to give in has won the day, and HMRC have, it seems given up. You may remember that Liz and Kwai’s equally infamous budget briefly abolished IR35. Which may not have been such a bad thing after all.
“Donating to charity via a will could see beneficiaries profit”
Including gifts to charity in your will is a nice thing to do, but it’s often only for those without anyone obvious to whom they can leave their worldly worth. Or perhaps when there are obvious recipients they don’t wish to benefit; families can be funny things.
