Government says IR35 tax reforms will go ahead

By Hamish Champ2020-02-28T06:00:00

HMRC grants firms 12-month grace period as new rules come into force this April

The government is to press ahead with controversial reforms of rules covering how off-payroll freelancers are taxed, including consultants and sub-contractors in the construction industry.

Despite opposition in certain quarters, last year ministers announced that from 6 April it planned to extend to private companies a series of reforms to IR35 covering the public sector which had been introduced in 2017.

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