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date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that policies to tackle disguised employment do not adversely affect genuine contractors.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	14749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Government policies to tackle disguised employment only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests. They do not apply to the self-employed or stop anyone working through their own company.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are introduced correctly. This includes:</p><ul><li>An enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax tool</li><li>Webinars for tax agents</li><li>Online guidance</li><li>Targeted communications for organisations affected.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/02/2020 10:55:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1176132

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timescale is for the completion of the review of IR35 tax regulations.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	12421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The review of the off-payroll working rules reform (also known as IR35) was announced on 7 January 2020. As set out at Budget 2018, the reform is due to be extended to medium and large organisations in all sectors from 6 April 2020. The review is looking to determine if any further steps can be taken to ensure smooth and successful implementation of the reform. The review will conclude by mid-February 2020, after which point the recommendations will be made public.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 08:52:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1139358

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2019 to Question 268953 on Employment: Taxation, which elements of the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) online guidance tool were tested; how were they tested; and who tested them.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	277599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>All elements of the Check Employment Status for Tax service (CEST) were thoroughly tested.</p><p> </p><p>In a series of workshops, officials and external experts, including lawyers, tax and IT professionals, developed the set of rules that underpin the tool. The workshop participants agreed the key relevant facts and points of law and then tested the rules that went into the tool to ensure it gave the correct answer. Those rules were then tested against live and settled cases.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 15:50:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt