State of the Market

[ensignia]

Averse.

[sadkingbilly]

Averse.

Achorus

[oliverson]

Well, I didn't get too 'attached' to Tuesday's interview but still, end of play Friday and f**, all feedback. Never used to be like this.

Well, as suspected, they went with the other candidate. Very surprised really as interviews really don't go much better than that one.

The search goes on.

[willendure]

IR35 coming in was before my time but some contractors were a bit out there with their tax affairs. I suspect that was the main reason it came in.

Supposedly it was never meant to target genuine contractors such as IT contractors. There was a problem with people evading tax by incorporating in silly situations - the one I read about was a car wash where each of the "valeting contractors" who worked there had their own ltd.

Over time the law evolved to cash in on IT contractors as a juicy target. Just like Reeves is about to cash in on the entire middle class as a juicy target. Except of course it isn't cashing in so much as crashing out the entire economy. I hate Rachel Reeves, asside from being a miserable cow, she must live in some weird elitist socialist fantasy. At least Raynors socialist dreams are over!

[willendure]

a cause of the legislation? - remove consultancies' competition ...

Aye yes - I think that is what happened as IR35 evolved under the tories. Their mates didn't like the competition so made some lovely party donations and had the problem dealt with.

Especially Sunak, that guy was as bent as a nail!

[sadkingbilly]

Aye yes - I think that is what happened as IR35 evolved under the tories. Their mates didn't like the competition so made some lovely party donations and had the problem dealt with.

Especially Sunak, that guy was as bent as a nail!

just like all Tory's

[TheDude]

IR35 coming in was before my time but some contractors were a bit out there with their tax affairs. I suspect that was the main reason it came in.

A bit?

Running a tax efficient limited company wasn't enough for some of the people I worked with. They engaged in questionable tax avoidance schemes whilst bragging about their share in a light aircraft, sports car, ski holiday and that every day was bonus day.

Then they got busted.

[sadkingbilly]

A bit?

Running a tax efficient limited company wasn't enough for some of the people I worked with. They engaged in questionable tax avoidance schemes whilst bragging about their share in a light aircraft, sports car, ski holiday and that every day was bonus day.

Then they got busted.

not before f**king it up for the rest of us.
greedy barstewards.
and still a lot of them about, as can be seen from some attitudes on here.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[financial analyst]

Hoping the news that the government has agreed to spend more on defence might present opportunities for some of us.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2dzlrm0jno

[Bluenose]

Hoping the news that the government has agreed to spend more on defence might present opportunities for some of us.

5 days a week onsite in some sort of god awful market town where there is nowhere decent to sleep isnt what I had in mind