“Small” businesses will be outside of the new obligations and services supplied to such organisations will continue to be dealt with under the current IR35 rules, with the worker and his or her personal service company effectively self-assessing whether the rules apply to that particular engagement.
The draft Finance Bill confirms that the definition of “small” is linked to the Companies Act 2006 definition.
This is where the business satisfies two or more of the following conditions:
Annual turnover of £10.2 million or less
Balance Sheet total of £5.1 million or less
50 employees or less
There will be an obligation to pass details of the status determination down the labour supply chain. The liability for tax and national insurance will be the responsibility of the entity, paying the personal service company. However, if HMRC are unable to collect the tax from that entity, the liability will pass up the labour supply chain, thus encouraging those entities further up the supply chain to carry out due diligence.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss how the proposed changes are likely to impact on your business.
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