Self-employed: Tax Avoidance

(asked on 4th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on employment rights of the proposed reforms to off-payroll working rules.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 12th March 2020

It is fair that two people working as employees pay broadly the same tax and NICs, even if one of them works through their own company and the other is directly employed. There is no direct link between employment status for rights and employment status for tax; however, those who wish to challenge their employment status for rights can take their case to an employment tribunal, regardless of their tax status.

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