BBC executives fall foul of IR35

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

What do the panel think? From reading the article it seems as though the original contractual arrangement was perfectly legitimate - a case of moving goal posts perhaps Gulf Times ? Qatar?s top-selling English daily newspaper - Britain/Ireland

[cojak]

It's getting a bit ludicrous now.

[cojak]

BBC News - More than 70% of high earners paid 50% tax rate

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

BBC News - More than 70% of high earners paid 50% tax rate

It's still not fair though Cojak - collective responsibility to clear the national debt means that 100% should be paying their fair share otherwise there won't be enough cash to support those who make no contribution whatsoever to the states' coffers - it's only fair after all

[BolshieBastard]

I can see all this leading to one man limited co's being made illegal (well, not illegal but severely restricted by artificial means!).

[Sockpuppet]

I can see all this leading to one man limited co's being made illegal (well, not illegal but severely restricted by artificial means!).

What like via IR35?

[scooby]

I can see all this leading to one man limited co's being made illegal (well, not illegal but severely restricted by artificial means!).

I made a similar comment the other week... awaiting NLUK accusing you of scaremongering now!!

[ASB]

I can see all this leading to one man limited co's being made illegal (well, not illegal but severely restricted by artificial means!).

Well, it used to be that that was effectively the case. In 1983 when MyCo was incorporated ISTR there had to be 3 shareholders, also there had to be two officers. However these were easy objectives to meet.

In quite a lot of mainland europe there isn't really the concept of the "1 man company" and where there is they are often subject to quite a variety of different, and often more stringent, rules.

We'll see, but i think it is quite likely there will be more tightening up (i.e. introducing all sorts of other artificial barriers). The groundwork is being laid with this constant stream of "this isn't morally right" type stories being pushed.

[BrilloPad]

It's still not fair though Cojak - collective responsibility to clear the national debt means that 100% should be paying their fair share otherwise there won't be enough cash to support those who make no contribution whatsoever to the states' coffers - it's only fair after all

Not sure if this is the right forum for this discussion - but what about the "stars" with their own "production companies"?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this discussion - but what about the "stars" with their own "production companies"?

Don't know the scenario Brillo - any linkys?