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BET's scrapped
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BET's scrapped
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View Post
Is it worth trying to get a low BET score just before they close the scheme to avoid any IR35 investigation for a few years?Last edited by DaveB; 27 October 2014, 08:49."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife. -
That's good news, let's hope this isn't an attempt to come up with something more complicated.In Scooter we trustComment
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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostThat's good news, let's hope this isn't an attempt to come up with something more complicated.Comment
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The tests have no legal standing so I've never seen the point in them!
Originally posted by DaveB View PostIs it worth trying to get a low BET score just before they close the scheme to avoid any IR35 investigation for a few years?Comment
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Originally posted by Craig at Nixon Williams View PostThe tests have no legal standing so I've never seen the point in them!
That wouldn't work, the article states that the BETs will not be considered for any IR35 enquiry opened after 6th April next year."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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The review found the BETs were not helping customers as they're:
used very little
not fulfilling their intended purposeDown with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Can't they go and bother the construction industry instead? Both my brother and brother in law are raking it in and they never seem to pay much in tax or NIIn Scooter we trustComment
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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostThat's good news, let's hope this isn't an attempt to come up with something more complicated.Originally posted by DaveB View PostWorth a but makes me wonder what they will come up with instead.
Is it worth trying to get a low BET score just before they close the scheme to avoid any IR35 investigation for a few years?
HMRC will also withdraw the example scenarios published with the BETs from 6 April 2015. There are no plans to replace the BETs or example scenarios.Comment
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Originally posted by tractor View PostFor those that did not read until the end of the announcement"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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