BN66 - Round 2 (Court of Appeal)

[Buzby]

Back onshore, anyone?

For those who may have missed it, some news on IR35 in the coalition's detailed programme, at page 10 of http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/medi...coalition.pdf:
"We will review IR35 as part of a wholesale review of all small business taxation, and seek to replace it with simpler measures that prevent tax avoidance but do not place undue administrative burdens or uncertainty on the self employed, or restrict labour market flexibility."

Back onshore, anyone?

I think if any government can give a tax system which is 'fair' then I would be more than happy to be back onshore. in fact, why not just go back to pre IR35.

[johnnyguitar]

The MPs we have been writing to.

HMRC, and their partners in crime* in HM Treasury, are going to be all out to nobble us.


* remember, the Government may have changed but the civil service mandarins in the Treasury who recommended this legislation have not!

I apreciate that we don't want to give anything away here. But am I to take from this that the responses have been favourable to us?
and your quote about HMRC being out to nobble us is because they could be in for some hard times themselves ?

[DonkeyRhubarb]

I apreciate that we don't want to give anything away here. But am I to take from this that the responses have been favourable to us?
and your quote about HMRC being out to nobble us is because they could be in for some hard times themselves ?

It's very early days yet but we've already had one positive response.

HMRC have invested a lot of time and resources into this, so they won't want to let it slip away. And they don't like losing.

However, there is one benefit for them if this matter is dropped...

...it would get me off their backs.

[BolshieBastard]

Letter sent to Ben Wallace.

[JaredM]

Adam Afriyie Conservative MP for Windsor

My first ever contract was at one of his companies!

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Anyone know why we have to wait so long, yet BA/Unite case seems to manage to get into the Court of Appeal within 1 week.

Are they different courts?

They are the same courts but there is a fast-track process for hearing cases which are time critical.

However, I understand you're frustration. There is a famous saying "justice delayed is justice denied" and sometimes it feels like that.

[normalbloke]

Letter to PM sent

Letter to David Cameron in the post, as he is my local MP.

[Lazylobster]

Check your SA statements, I've just had a nasty shock. . . .

Doing a VAT return on line and now have a very big negative number in my SA account. Not seen any paperwork for a demand, but suspect this is coming.

Looks like I'll have to get MP to appeal it again.

LL

[DonkeyRhubarb]

Doing a VAT return on line and now have a very big negative number in my SA account. Not seen any paperwork for a demand, but suspect this is coming.

Looks like I'll have to get MP to appeal it again.

LL

My account is still showing as "collection suspended", so I think yours might be a mistake.

While we are on the subject, I have a bit of reassuring news to pass on from Montpelier...

They have heard from HMRC's barrister Singh that HMRC have agreed to suspend collection until the legal process has run its course

[TAF4]

Suspended collection.........

HMRC have agreed to suspend collection until the legal process has run its course

Could you expand on this DR?

I thought it was suspended anyway having appealed the CN's.