Richard Clarke director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reviews some recent developments affecting tax investigations
The difficulties caused by the long-running attempts of HMRC to reclassify self-employed workers as employees emerged before the Special Commissioners recently. The case is especially of interest as it concerned the employment status of scaffolders and labourers in the construction industry — a business sector which has been under intense HMRC scrutiny over many years.
MAL Scaffolding and others v HMRC SpC 527
With the new Construction Industry Scheme arriving in 2007 the outcome of this case will be relevant to very many advisers and their clients. The question at issue was whether the workers concerned were employees of MAL Scaffolding (and its...
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Richard Clarke director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reviews some recent developments affecting tax investigations
The difficulties caused by the long-running attempts of HMRC to reclassify self-employed workers as employees emerged before the Special Commissioners recently. The case is especially of interest as it concerned the employment status of scaffolders and labourers in the construction industry — a business sector which has been under intense HMRC scrutiny over many years.
MAL Scaffolding and others v HMRC SpC 527
With the new Construction Industry Scheme arriving in 2007 the outcome of this case will be relevant to very many advisers and their clients. The question at issue was whether the workers concerned were employees of MAL Scaffolding (and its...
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