Post April 2021 - Interested in people's thoughts

[jamesbrown]

No evidence in the public sector that anyone was caught out like this. Have you an example? I don't see they'll be targeting contractors that have been deemed inside IR35. IR35 in any case was a low risk problem, hardly any investigations.

I would just go ahead and not worry.

How would anyone have an example? HMRC don't advertise their strategy for assessing IR35 risk and, thus, who they prioritise for investigation. We know that some people are selected at random, others via unrelated enquiries (e.g., VAT), but not much more. But we do know that they tell a lot of porkies and change their minds all the time, so I wouldn't trust a word they say regarding what they may or may not do in future. Just sayin'.

[ShandyDrinker]

How would anyone have an example? HMRC don't advertise their strategy for assessing IR35 risk and, thus, who they prioritise for investigation. We know that some people are selected at random, others via unrelated enquiries (e.g., VAT), but not much more. But we do know that they tell a lot of porkies and change their minds all the time, so I wouldn't trust a word they say regarding what they may or may not do in future. Just sayin'.

^^ This!

It's funny how HMRC wouldn't allow IPSE to record the webinar. I was on it and according to the warm words of Chris Simons (apparently some kind of director in HMRC), oh no, they won't be targeting pre-April 2021 contracts.

My thoughts and perhaps showing my age - paraphrasing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

Contractors. Here is what to do if you want to a commitment from HMRC: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant organisations in the Galaxy --- not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat and recycled as firelighters.