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IR35 invoice | Cabinet Office on the hook for £38.5m bill to HMRC over IR35 non-compliance

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Dating back to 2017, HMRC has found the Cabinet Office failed to take reasonable care on IR35, leaving it facing a £38.5million tax bill and up to £8.9m in fines.

The Cabinet Office has set aside £23.5million to cover unpaid tax and National Insurance on off-payroll workers, after a lengthy HMRC investigation into how it applied IR35 rules.

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