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Newsletter 395: IR35 letters |BBC freelancers | Interims

by Newsletter Editor at 10:15 17/07/12 ( Shout99 Newsletter)

The new world of IR35 has arrived - with its controversial business entity tests, specialist HMRC teams and the letters asking contractors to prove their 'innocence'. The new IR35 letters will soon be arriving on the door mats of many contractors. Qdos Consulting who specialise in protecting contractors in IR35 enquiries, advise what to do in the new IR35 regime.

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