Schedule 1 - Workers’ services provided through intermediaries

Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:00 pm on 1 July 2020.

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  • Division number 71
    A majority of MPs voted not to delay shifting responsibility for determining if off-payroll working rules apply from an individual’s personal service company to their client (where the client isn't a small company).

Amendment proposed: 20, page 97, line 15, leave out “2021-22” and insert “2023-24”.—(Mr David Davis.)

This amendment and 21 to 36 and 57 seeks to delay the introduction of the IR35 changes until the tax year 2023-24.

Question put, That the amendment be made.

Division number 71 Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Workers’ Services Provided Through Intermediaries — Responsibility for Determining if Off-Payroll Working Rules Apply

A majority of MPs voted not to delay shifting responsibility for determining if off-payroll working rules apply from an individual’s personal service company to their client (where the client isn't a small company).

Aye: 255 MPs

No: 316 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 75 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 254, Noes 317.

Question accordingly negatived.

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Bill to be further considered tomorrow.