ESM0125 | Procedural aspects of status cases - submissions to IPD Status Technical Team

It is important that before issuing formal assessments/ appealable decisions you send the following types of cases to the IPD Status Technical Team following your local referral process

• any case where HMRC is contending for self-employment - preliminary fact finding should proceed as normal. ESM0502

• cases requiring referral following advice from the IPD Technical helpline. ESM0103

Before you make a formal submission, you need to establish all the relevant facts about the issue. A fact is something that is known or proved to be true.

To help the status technical team get all the information they’ll need, you must complete and send the formal submission template. This must be approved by a Grade 7 or above. Formal submission template

Send you completes submission template to the Status Technical Team mailbox