In response to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) the government announced that the new off-payroll tax reforms (IR35), due to be extended to medium and large businesses in the private sector in April 2020, will be deferred to 6 April 2021 to help businesses and individuals.
BESA head of employment affairs, Paula Samuels, said: “This is a welcome reprieve for our members, many of whom are already suffering the effects from the financial and economic fall-out of coronavirus.”