CANCELLED - Contractor or an Employee? It's time to find out...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled and all attendees should have been contacted. We are hoping to lay on an event in the future instead but have no confirmed date at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

For many years businesses have relied on "off-payroll" workers (contractors, consultants, freelancers etc.) as a feasible, and often cheaper, alternative to employees.

However, pending reforms to IR35 rules in the private sector, following their introduction to the public sector in 2017, mean that all businesses are having to reconsider whether these working relationships are likely to be classified as "disguised employment" by HMRC and indeed whether or not such working arrangements will continue to be financially viable from April 2020.

Following a number of recent high-profile court cases, HMRC is turning the screw on tax avoidance by Personal Service Companies (aka one-man bands) by shifting the responsibility for determining a contractor’s IR35 status to the end-client including the liability to operate PAYE when necessary.

This seminar will endeavour to explain all aspects of IR35. Everything from what IR35 is to the financial impact it could have on your business, no matter how small, ensuring you gain all the knowledge you need to take the necessary steps to prepare for HMRC's new regime.

Who is this for?

This course is suitable for anyone working as a contractor, consultant, freelancer or another form of subcontracted support for another organisation, and companies who are using a lot of external contractors etc. Understanding whether the relationship is Contractor or Employee is highly important and ignorance is no longer a defence.

Agenda for the Day:

07:30 Doors Open – Registration, Breakfast Goods, Tea and Coffee

08:00 New Anglia Growth Hub – how can we help you? *

08:15 Contractor or Client or Employee or Employer? What is IR35 and what does it mean for businesses*

09:15 Summary and Group Q & A*

09:30 1-2-1 Discussion opportunities

10:00 Close

Total hours of *IDB (information, Diagnostic and Brokerage) delivery = 1hrs 30mins

About the Experts:

Glenn Savill - Aston Shaw

Glenn Savill is passionate about engaging local businesses to topics and advice that make a real difference to SMEs. He has been with the firm since graduating from university with an Accounting & Finance honours degree in 2009. Having become a fully qualified Chartered Certified Accountant in 2015, he is now known for his down-to-earth yet energetic personality which makes him the perfect person to deliver important advice in a manner that is understandable and valuable.

Lucy Churchill - Spire Solicitors

Lucy Churchill is an employment law specialist at Spire Solicitors LLP in Norwich. Lucy has spent the majority of her career advising employers on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues, including employment status and “off-payroll” working arrangements. She is an engaging speaker, and her enthusiasm brings any topic to life.

FAQs

I want to book for more than one person from my company?

Due to the popularity of these events, we are usually only able to allow one person per company to attend. However on this occasion and due to the nature of the content more than one person will be possible. However, if the event becomes very popular we may ask for those with multiple tickets to give up additional space. We will try to avoid this though.

However, please email sue.simmons@newanglia.co.uk, if you wish a colleague to attend as well and if we have cancellations we will notify you immediately on a first-come, first-served basis to offer another ticket.

What are my parking options for getting to and from the event?

There is plenty of parking on site which should be free, please report to reception should there be any issues and inform them that you were with our event. Please park in the designated spaces only.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please email sue.simmons@newanglia.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.

What will be done with the information I supply?

Your information will be stored on Eventbrite according to Eventbrite’s terms and conditions. Upon arrival you will be required to sign in on our attendance sheet, this is to provide evidence of your attendance and will be kept on the server as evidence for our ERDF funding. After your attendance will be stored on the secure Growth Hub CRM system. This is required in order to provide evidence of your attendance and eligibility for the course. This will be kept to the statutory dates any only accessible to Growth Programme and authorised personnel. If you request further contact from an adviser post this event they will use this information to contact you and log any future interactions, again to evidence for ERDF funding.

State Aid Declaration

This event is delivered, free of charge, to SMEs (SME is defined as an Enterprise with fewer than 250 employees and has either an annual balance sheet not exceeding 43m Euro or Annual Turnover not exceeding £50m) other restrictions may apply. This support is being provided as de minimis aid under EC Regulation 1407/2013 (De Minimis Aid Regulation). The value of this support has been calculated as £75.

Please note: This is not a request for payment; we are merely required to notify you of the value, which will be relevant if you wish to apply or have applied for any other de minimis State Aid in the future. There is a ceiling of €200,000 for all de minimis aid provided to anyone organisation over a three fiscal year period (i.e. your current fiscal year and previous two fiscal years).

This event, as with all the New Anglia Growth Hub events, is suited and intended for businesses already running and established. Please refer to courses by NWES and MENTA for courses more suited for those businesses who are pre-start or have been trading for less than 12 months

CANCELLED - Contractor or Employee? IR35 - Everything Your Business Needs to Know - Gt Yarmouth