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NEW IR35 TESTS PUBLISHED

Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:01 Last Updated on Friday, 13 September 2019 10:51 Written by admin

HMRC have issued a guidance note which reiterates the basic rules of IR35, and introduces a “risk-based approach” to determine which cases should be looked at more closely to ensure that IR35 is being operated properly.

There are three risk bands, low risk, medium risk, and high risk. With a low risk case, HMRC are unlikely to check whether IR35 should apply.  High risk cases are likely to be looked at more closely.

The risk bands are based on a points system which looks at a set of business entity tests. A score of less than 10 points will fall into the high risk, 10 to 20 points will be medium risk, and more than 20 points will be low risk.  The tests and the points associated with them are as follows:

  • The business premises test – Does the business have premises which are separate from home and the end client’s premises? (10 points) 
  • The PII test – Is professional indemnity insurance needed? (2 points)
  • The efficiency test – Has the business had the opportunity in the last 24 months of increasing income by working efficiently? (10 points)
  • The assistance test – Does the business engage workers who bring in at least 25% of turnover? (35 points)
  • The advertising test – Has the business spent more than £1,200 on advertising in the last 12 months? (2 points)
  • The previous PAYE test – Has the current end client engaged the worker on PAYE terms within the last 12 months to the last 31 March with no major change to the working arrangements? (minus 15 points)
  • The business plan test – Does the business have a business plan with cash flow forecast, and does the business have a separate business bank account? (1 point)
  • The repair at own expense test – Would the business have to bear the cost of putting right any mistakes? (4 points)
  • The client risk test – Has the business had bad debts for work done in the last 24 months amounting to more than 10% of annual turnover? (10 points)
  • The billing test – Does the business issue invoices before being paid and negotiate payment terms? (2 points)
  • The right of substitution test – Does the business have the right to provide a substitute? (2 points)
  • The actual substitution test – Has the business hired someone in the past 24 months to do work it has taken on? (20 points)

It is important to note that the points based system only creates a guide as to the risk category and not whether a particular contract is within IR35.

It is clear that HMRC want to make IR35 more effective in attacking personal service company arrangements, and we should expect to see increased activity in this area.

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