Rebecca Seeley Harris

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Rebecca is a leading expert in ‘employment status’ including IR35, off-payroll working and the law involving independent contractors and the self-employed for the purposes of tax and employment law. Rebecca has run her own consultancy for the past 20 years covering all employment status issues such as off-payroll in the private and public sector, otherwise known as IR35, s.44 and any issues affecting the self-employed and personal service companies. Rebecca has also just launched a subscription service for updates on employment status: https://www.estupdate.co.uk
Rebecca was also seconded to the Office of Tax Simplification (an independent body of HM Treasury) as a Senior Policy Adviser to advise the government on employment and tax status. She was part of a small team of experts who drafted the Employment Status Review 2015, she then continued to advise on the review of Small Company Taxation leading on the taxation of nano companies and the self-employed. As a result of that review, Rebecca developed the concept of SEPA, providing a vehicle to the self-employed to be able to protect the family home. Rebecca was also a representative on the Cross Government Working Group on Employment Status and has most recently published the review into the taxation of the Gig Economy.
I am a member of the Tax Faculty of the ICAEW and a keen contributor to various professional journals and websites including AccountingWeb, Tax Journal, Taxation Magazine and Contractor UK. I present at conferences and host seminars on employment status and off-payroll.
To call Rebecca: 07967 634415 or email [email protected]
Employment Status & IR35 expert Re Legal Consulting Ltd
4th Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Implications for small businesses
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Business tax
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Uber: Wider implications of Supreme Court judgment
On 19 January 2021, the Supreme Court published its judgment in Uber BV v. Aslam and others [2021] UKSC 5 . Central question This appeal...
Business tax
27th Nov 2020
Directors income support scheme proposed
Rebecca Seeley Harris and Glenn Collins of the ACCA have drafted the Directors’ Income Support Scheme (DISS), which is supported by...
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11th Aug 2020
IR35: The employee vs self-employed tax conundrum
On 26 March 2020, following his announcement on the Covid-19 support package the for self-employed , Chancellor Rishi Sunak noted with...
Business tax
15th May 2020
Employment status: HMRC gets a red card
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HMRC & policy
11th Mar 2020
No movement on off-payroll reforms
The off-payroll reforms (IR35) were not mentioned by the Chancellor in the Budget Speech, mainly because there was nothing to say...
HMRC & policy
31st Jan 2020
Off-payroll: Collecting debts from third parties
It is worth explaining briefly the phraseology and interaction of IR35 and off-payroll: chapter 8 and chapter 10 of ITEPA 2003. The term “...
HMRC & policy
18th Dec 2019
Employment status: Lessons of substitution
Two recent cases have provided new guidance to those seeking clarity around substitution: one of the main indicators of self-employed...
HMRC & policy
26th Nov 2019
IR35: HMRC updates CEST tool for off-payroll roll-out
The check employment status for tax (CEST) tool guidance makes it clear that it will give you HMRC’s view of a worker’s employment status...
HMRC & policy
29th Oct 2019
Off-payroll: PSC and employment rights
Barclays Bank and Lloyds Bank have already declared that they will no longer be using limited company contractors or personal service...
HMRC & policy