False Self-employment - possible tax/NIC changes ahead

With the Taylor review due to be published imminently, this week we had some insight on the government's view on worker status.  The Chancellor, in a response to a question said  "We do believe that people should have choices, and we do believe that there should be a diversity of ways of working in the economy—we just do not believe that that should be driven by unfair tax advantages.

HM Revenue and Customs is aware that false self-employment presents a risk and is deploying compliance resources to address that risk. It will take appropriate action where false self-employment is identified."

So we could see further changes ahead perhaps even in one of the next two Finance Bills this year!