This is good news my friends...
People People People.....I know it doesn't sound like it.... but this "bad" SC news may well be good news. It all depends on whether you are a "glass full" or "glass empty" person. Please read on...
Instead of another 2 / 3 years of this song and dance routine, continuing to not know what the future may hold, what we now have is a possibility of getting all this rubbish ironed out within the next few months (not sure exactly how long tribunals work or last).
What is causing us anxiety at the moment is the not knowing what will happen next. This is natural my friends, people do not like change and for the last few years we have been chugging along with our heads in the sand avoiding any change. Now that there is some change in the air, we are acting like frightened mice (shame on us). We need to all have a little bit more patience and stronger hearts.
Whether they decide to go after us individually or as a group, we do not live in some kind of banana republic where someone wearing a balaclava and armed with a shotgun will turn up on our door steps tomorrow. The worst case will be some middle aged man holding a clipboard instead of a shotgun
The best case scenario may be considerably better if some kind of deal is struck. More likely is the prospect of some kind of payment plan with HMRC. I used to work with someone who fell foul of HMRC some years ago and he eventually ended up with a long payment plan. He had to make do with a simplified lifestyle for a couple of years, but after that the sun came out to shine again. Money comes and goes, health and family etc are more important. I say this despite possibly having to face a 6 figure bill myself.
Take the bleeding money... but know this HMRC... (HMRC employees please clean your ears out for this). I AM A CONTRACTOR... (repeat after me everybody)... "I AM A CONTRACTOR"... not some minimum wage employee...but a Lion amongst other corporate world employees "ROAR!!!" God Willing, IF our careers continue, then.... overall (taking into account the rest of our working lives), WE will have the last laugh HMRC not you
I am not a Scott, but if any of you are Scottish, then Bravehart would be ashamed to look at some of the shaking and whimpering going on here. We are contractors my friends, stand tall and proud. We are used to risk and uncertainty as part of our lives, that's why we chose this path and not the permanent employee route. Have faith in God and your own abilities and walk tall. We are all Lions not mice.
Big up Donkey Rhubarb. You are a star. I am considering putting a blue plaque with your name on it outside HMRCs offices...it will read." 2012 - The donkey was ere"
People People People.....I know it doesn't sound like it.... but this "bad" SC news may well be good news. It all depends on whether you are a "glass full" or "glass empty" person. Please read on...
Instead of another 2 / 3 years of this song and dance routine, continuing to not know what the future may hold, what we now have is a possibility of getting all this rubbish ironed out within the next few months (not sure exactly how long tribunals work or last).
What is causing us anxiety at the moment is the not knowing what will happen next. This is natural my friends, people do not like change and for the last few years we have been chugging along with our heads in the sand avoiding any change. Now that there is some change in the air, we are acting like frightened mice (shame on us). We need to all have a little bit more patience and stronger hearts.
Whether they decide to go after us individually or as a group, we do not live in some kind of banana republic where someone wearing a balaclava and armed with a shotgun will turn up on our door steps tomorrow. The worst case will be some middle aged man holding a clipboard instead of a shotgun
The best case scenario may be considerably better if some kind of deal is struck. More likely is the prospect of some kind of payment plan with HMRC. I used to work with someone who fell foul of HMRC some years ago and he eventually ended up with a long payment plan. He had to make do with a simplified lifestyle for a couple of years, but after that the sun came out to shine again. Money comes and goes, health and family etc are more important. I say this despite possibly having to face a 6 figure bill myself.
Take the bleeding money... but know this HMRC... (HMRC employees please clean your ears out for this). I AM A CONTRACTOR... (repeat after me everybody)... "I AM A CONTRACTOR"... not some minimum wage employee...but a Lion amongst other corporate world employees "ROAR!!!"
God Willing, IF our careers continue, then.... overall (taking into account the rest of our working lives), WE will have the last laugh HMRC not you I am not a Scott, but if any of you are Scottish, then Bravehart would be ashamed to look at some of the shaking and whimpering going on here. We are contractors my friends, stand tall and proud. We are used to risk and uncertainty as part of our lives, that's why we chose this path and not the permanent employee route. Have faith in God and your own abilities and walk tall. We are all Lions not mice.
Big up Donkey Rhubarb. You are a star. I am considering putting a blue plaque with your name on it outside HMRCs offices...it will read." 2012 - The donkey was ere"
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