I get the distinct impression that many people are avoiding IR35 but are very much inside it. How true would that statement be. How far does insurance cover you, PCG say your contract is fine and then insrue it so if claims are made you're ok. That would suggest as people have said previously that they can make their contract IR35 friendly and then just insure it and bugger what their actual working practices are.
Many of the people I know personally are working either on an IT helpdesk or in IT support teams, where they are required on site at fixed times using only the business's machines, no substitution in place etc.
Some say that they have 2 jobs they put through their lmited company but still the one on the helpdesk or IT team should be declared as inside IR35 surely.
The reason I ask is I work as in IT reporting and SLA management. I work my own hours up to 37.5 give or take, dictated somewhat by objectives the customer sets but I then have some say in how thats done and how best to present it and perform management, no subsitution, work on one site using their equipment as we cannot use our own machines anyway. I have just found out I could be contracting if I choose to stay till early next year before the entire function closes down hence why they keep employing contractors and not permies. Now I thought about a limited company but running it inside IR35 with all the papoerwork etc I thought stick to an umbrella and be done with it, yet colleagues continue to go and set up their own limited companies basing themselves outside. Surely its time that we got the ifs buts and maybes out the way and had it clearly defined what was and what wasn't and made a hard and fast ruling., THis would mean that either more people could benefit or people with their fingers in their ears had no choice but to listen.
Thats my rant anyway...the ones that haven't gone limited company are the ones claiming vast amounts of dispenation ...lalalalala they say!
Many of the people I know personally are working either on an IT helpdesk or in IT support teams, where they are required on site at fixed times using only the business's machines, no substitution in place etc.
Some say that they have 2 jobs they put through their lmited company but still the one on the helpdesk or IT team should be declared as inside IR35 surely.
The reason I ask is I work as in IT reporting and SLA management. I work my own hours up to 37.5 give or take, dictated somewhat by objectives the customer sets but I then have some say in how thats done and how best to present it and perform management, no subsitution, work on one site using their equipment as we cannot use our own machines anyway. I have just found out I could be contracting if I choose to stay till early next year before the entire function closes down hence why they keep employing contractors and not permies. Now I thought about a limited company but running it inside IR35 with all the papoerwork etc I thought stick to an umbrella and be done with it, yet colleagues continue to go and set up their own limited companies basing themselves outside. Surely its time that we got the ifs buts and maybes out the way and had it clearly defined what was and what wasn't and made a hard and fast ruling., THis would mean that either more people could benefit or people with their fingers in their ears had no choice but to listen.
Thats my rant anyway...the ones that haven't gone limited company are the ones claiming vast amounts of dispenation ...lalalalala they say!
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