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1. More freelancers might be taxed as employees after High Court ruling
   

   ...les, which are named after the number code of the Inland Revenue press release that announced them and are now part of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act.PCG managing director John Brazier said that the ruling had potentially significant implications.“This is a potentially massive blow to freelancers throughout the country," he said. "This case threatens the long-established defences against IR35; we will be looking at the judgment in very close detail to work out its full implications.”Reproduced from www.out-law.com with kind permission  

   Case | 11 Sep 2008

2. 'Disguised employees' tarnish contracting
   

   ...ultaneously. It might only be a matter of time before we see truly joined up government, whereby claims by contractors for employment rights automatically trigger tax investigations.” One of the main reason end-users engage contractors, Giant points out, is that they are not employees – the more contractors resemble employees, the less attractive they will become. The most recent significant case, Muscat vs. Cable & Wireless, which Workplace Law reported on earlier this year, said that even contractors engaged through their own personal service companies might, in certain circumstances, ...

   News | 7 Nov 2005