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Originally posted by FrontEnder View PostAlso, if HMRC decide to have a crackdown on this particular area, then past numbers of investigations are totally irrelevant.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI don't believe those numbers and it would be a be daft to use them to base any kind of decision IMO but you've got to remember it's at the level it's at because people (well some) make the effort to stay outside. It's a bit like security. We have no thefts so why employ security staff? If people start thinking oh it's a low chance I'll not bother putting any effort in then there could be an increase in cases because people are soft targets.
I don't believe the low chance of getting caught should be any reason to take it just as seriously. Take 60000 people that don't bother with IR35 and what are the chances then etc...Last edited by Contractor UK; 13 May 2018, 17:26.Comment
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In an IR35 investigation, exactly what information can HMRC gather from the client company? Do they just speak to HR, or interview hiring managers, etc?
Can they go through emails? Calendar entries?
Just curious.Comment
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Originally posted by yMyjgT View PostIn an IR35 investigation, exactly what information can HMRC gather from the client company? Do they just speak to HR, or interview hiring managers, etc?
Can they go through emails? Calendar entries?
Just curious.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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How accurate is that information likely to be that HMRC obtain via an investigation, especially if from HR or from someone nowhere near the day to day activity of the contractor?
If covered by one of the IR35 investigation insurances and it goes to court then depending on how thorough HMRC are in their investigations means how defendable the contractor's position is if the contract and working practices review was accurate and placed them outside IR35.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostHow accurate is that information likely to be that HMRC obtain via an investigation, especially if from HR or from someone nowhere near the day to day activity of the contractor?
I was looking at QDOS' offering and it doesn't appear that you even have to have a review to get them to cover any IR35 losses. Which surely can't be right.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWhat would worry me is that some HR numptie would take a default position; probably one they perceive as less risky to their employer. What you really need is a manager who not only understands but is willing to fight your case. But as someone providing a service I'd find it very embarrassing if HMRC came along and wasted my ex-clients time investigating me.
I was looking at QDOS' offering and it doesn't appear that you even have to have a review to get them to cover any IR35 losses. Which surely can't be right.
It's HMRC that should be embarrassed for wasting the ex-clients time when the contractor has done due diligence and got a contract/working practice review signed off as being outside IR35. We can only do so much.
As regards insurance, I expect it's the same throughout the insurance industry, they'll take the premium even if they know they can't be in a position to pay out as worse case they refund the premium if forced to. For IR35 insurance I think there's a typical clause (that may only become apparent at the investigation stage) that they can refuse to defend the contractor if the case appears unwinnable (using their own biased criteria no doubt), which isn't the same as the initial outside IR35 determination being wrong. More likely the contractor has slipped up over the months/years so is no longer operating as outside, or the rules have changed during that time to make them now inside as perceived by HMRC and maybe the court.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Okay so...
I followed up with my questions and decided that due to the nature of the work, the contract is inside and decided to proceed on that basis.
The whole world seems to think I'm mad. But I couldn't with any integrity state I was outside when everything pointed to it being inside. My accountant agreed that the role was very likely to be inside but didn't seem particularly practiced at dealing with that for a start, suggesting that I went umbrella, which I really don't want to do for three months particularly as I want to maximise my pension payments to offset things.
Anyway, thanks for all your help, sorry I've not come back to the thread for a couple of days - I've been travelling and missed the responses.Comment
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Originally posted by groovybeetlecar View Post...suggesting that I went umbrella, which I really don't want to do for three months particularly as I want to maximise my pension payments to offset things...Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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