IR35 doesn't have to be a 'hammer blow'

Last week, BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd was hit with a backdated six-figure tax bill that might have made even the stoutest accountants gasp for air and widen their eyes in disbelief.

The, already, infamous case emerged after a tax tribunal ruled in favour of HMRC, finding Ackroyd had been working inside IR35 – despite offering her services ‘freelance’ through a “personal service company” in a move that would have positioned her outside of IR35.