Status Enquires, known as “IR35”, relate to HM Revenue & Customs, attempting to deny their right to trade as a self employed consultant, rather than an Employee/Director. We can assist our clients to ensure that they do not fall foul of the stringent IR35 rules

Often initially identified by PAYE enquiry teams during their general inspections, these enquiries relate exclusively to attempts by HM Revenue & Customs, to reclassify self employed individuals, to employees. Designated “Status Inspectors of Taxes” deal with this often controversial area. Invariably, the tax and, importantly, national insurance yield from an “employee” is significantly greater than that from a “self employed” individual. Consequently there will only be very rare circumstances, where HM Revenue & Customs would attempt to argue that an “employee” was actually “self employed”.