Marble contracting// CIS Payroll

HMRC sniff out security company

Dog Handling agency bites off more than it can chew! A big win for HMRC in their pursuit of challenging employment status was seen in the case of Tyler Security Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1250. The tax at stake was only £88k, but the result was significant for HMRC because of the nature of […]

The unknown problems with CIS

A lot of companies make mistakes over CIS because of a simple misunderstanding of the rules but it can end up being a very expensive mistake.

IR35 Double Taxation

One of Marble’s directors, Kye Burchmore, was asked to write an article for Bloomsbury Publishing on the current IR35 consultation regarding offsetting liabilities. IR35 Consultation on double taxation (bloomsburyprofessional.com) When the IR35 legislation was amended in 2017 it led to the possibility of HMRC recouping double the taxation due as there was no offset mechanism […]

IR35 – Who should walk the plank?

Don’t jump straight in and assess whether an individual’s relationship with an end client is akin to an employment relationship and therefore caught by IR35. It is important to pause for a moment first and determine who in fact should be the one to take the plunge. If you are lucky enough to be tasked […]