The PCG was formed in May 1999 to represent contractors and
lobby against the controversial IR35 tax legislation which treats
small businesses in the knowledge-based sector as “disguised
employees” for tax and National Insurance purposes, thereby
preventing them from operating on similar terms to their larger
competitors.
In April this year, the High Court found that the IR35 law was
not in breach of any European free trade laws or the Human Rights
Act, as is being argued by the PCG. The PCG has already vowed to
take the matter to the European courts if its current appeal is
unsuccessful.
