IR35 (Off-Payroll Working) - A Crucial Update 2025
A comprehensive guide to off-payroll working rules (IR35) for employers under the new Government
Date: Thursday 18th September
Time: 09:30 - 13:00
Location: Online Conference
Early bird rate: £220 +VAT (20% off the standard £275 +VAT rate) using code: IR35EB
This offer is for a limited time only.
(If you can't attend the live online event, we can send a link post event to watch the recording. Cost: £195 +VAT - please contact registrations@bfi.co.uk)
Keeping you abreast of changes to IR35 Tax Offset Rules under the Labour Government
With over a decade's worth of IR35 training under our belts nobody is better poised to update UK employers on the latest changes impacting those employing contract and temporary workers. With the proposed extensions to employment rights across the gig economy and the self-employed workforce.
74% of employers we surveyed said understanding IR35 made recruiting off-payroll staff too complex - BFI research
An intensive information-packed half day led by an unparalleled speaker panel addressing upcoming and potential changes, updates and timelines. Ensure you remain abreast of all the latest developments and get solid, practical advice from our experts.
Find out:
- Latest changes to laws around unfair dismissal, redundancy pay and SSP
- How self-employed workers rights will change and how to prepare
- How to avoid fines or potential liabilities
- Where the key risks are and how to avoid them
- The latest case studies and understand the resolution process
- What are the implications for international workers and how to remain compliant in challenging jurisdictions
Who should attend this IR35 online conference?
Time-challenged delegates with some experience of IR35 policy, compliance and practice who need an intensive update. Those who have attended our previous courses and are looking for an efficient refresher. Talent acquisition professionals and experienced HR and payroll practitioners looking to update policy and practice.
DELEGATE FEEDBACK
“Excellent speakers - who are experts and deal with these issues all the time.”
“Comprehensive and useful information presented throughout the day.”
“Great information provided, answered all questions that were asked! Would recommend!”
Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, RECRUITMENT AND RESOURCING, TEMPORARY & AGENCY RESOURCING, LEGAL, TRAINING, COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT, ADMINISTRATION, STRATEGY, POLICY, OPERATIONS, LINE MANAGERS AND ALL DIRECTORS AND STAFF WITH RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THIS AREA
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Schedule
Introduction and welcome
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Overview and updates
Mark Seaden
Director, Employment Tax , BDO
Mark is an Employment Tax Director working across the Thames and West. He is CTA qualified and has over 30 years’ experience in employment taxes. Having started his career at HMRC, he moved into practice in 2000 and has worked both in “the Big 4” and, for the last years, at BDO. He advises clients from a range of sectors, including pharma, telecoms, retail and motor industry. The clients are also diverse in terms of size, ranging from 20 employees through to the thousands, including globally recognised names.
- Determining responsibility within your organisation
- Off-payroll: navigating the minefield
- Supply chain essentials
- Limiting HMRC fine risks
Recruitment update
Colin Morley
Independent Consultant
Colin has 24 years of experience of delivering workforce solutions across the UK, Ireland, Europe and America. Colin has architected and delivered scalable services and products to private, non-for-profit and public sector organisations from delivery functions onshore, nearshore and offshore. Colin has a particular specialism in contingent workforce legislation and helping his clients to procure more sophisticated outcome based solutions.
- Best practice on determinations
- Dealing with long contractor engagements
- Where should the responsibility lie?
- Differences between SOW and Resource Augmentation
Comfort break
Umbrella companies: An essential checklist
Colin Morley
Independent Consultant
Colin has 24 years of experience of delivering workforce solutions across the UK, Ireland, Europe and America. Colin has architected and delivered scalable services and products to private, non-for-profit and public sector organisations from delivery functions onshore, nearshore and offshore. Colin has a particular specialism in contingent workforce legislation and helping his clients to procure more sophisticated outcome based solutions.
- Current and future updates: timeline and checklist
- Shaping placements inside and out: key steps
- Umbrella companies update: are you compliant?
- Blanket decisions – public and private sector considerations
- Know your contracts: key questions
- Understanding SDS
- The roles and risks of umbrella companies
Tax rulings 2025, implications for employers
Mark Seaden
Director, Employment Tax , BDO
Mark is an Employment Tax Director working across the Thames and West. He is CTA qualified and has over 30 years’ experience in employment taxes. Having started his career at HMRC, he moved into practice in 2000 and has worked both in “the Big 4” and, for the last years, at BDO. He advises clients from a range of sectors, including pharma, telecoms, retail and motor industry. The clients are also diverse in terms of size, ranging from 20 employees through to the thousands, including globally recognised names.
- Recent NIC changes
- Mandatory payrolling of benefits from 6 April 2026 – should employers consider early adoption?
- Employers and internationally mobile employees – potential impact of changes for non-domiciled individuals (non-dom)
- Increase in National Minimum Wage rates – HMRC activity and what we may expect to see under the new labour government
- High Income Child benefit charge – whilst not a direct impact on employers, employees may well ask their employers for advice/information
Comfort break
IR35: Ensuring your IR35/Off-payroll compliance
Matt Tyler
IR35 Consultancy Manager , Kingsbridge
Matt has been dealing with IR35 for almost a decade. Having started his career at Qdos Contractor as a consultant and worked his way up to the position of Contract & Status Specialist, his training on the legislation is thorough and well-rounded. He then moved to Larsen Howie to head up the IR35 Consultancy Team. Matt is now IR35 consultancy manager at Kingsbridge. Matt has a firm understanding of the underpinning rules relating to IR35 and has a great deal of experience tackling the many and varied quirks that come with this rather murky legislation. From his hands-on approach to contract review quality control to the face-to-face IR35 training he delivers, he’s heard it all when it comes to the off-payroll rules. His meticulous attention to detail is instrumental to being able to understand and explain the legislation clearly, as well as be able to pick out the IR35 red flags from any given contract or set of working practices that lands on his desk. In his spare time, Matt’s an avid gamer (both PC and board), enjoys all things sci-fi and fantasy, and reads in great volume and breadth across all genres. As a trained electrician he’s handy to have around the house, and as a self-confessed computer nerd he’s handy to have around the office.
- Protecting yourself
- Guidance versus the law
- Working with CEST
- HMRC How to Comply
- Tax Tribunals – an overview
- Best practice
- PGMOL judgement
Wrap up and final questions
End of conference
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