PCG...Good or Bad?

[scooby]

i dont overly use the forum, but had to claim for jury duty last month. No messing, quickly sorted. the only thing i had to do was chase the insurance people to find out if ok (as i forgot to send the correct docs in the first place).

the dealing with PCG staff have been swifted, always returned calls when they said they would, and generally top notch (and uk based...).

This is my 2nd year with them, and will be signing up next year.

[nomadd]

Bit of an open ended question here...

What do people think of the PCG? Is it worthwhile joining? Would they be of genuine help if I was audited/investigated by Her Majesty's finest?

Cheers
Rup

Never bothered myself. And most of the contractors I know who once did bother, don't any more. My accountant has had around a dozen of his contractors "investigated" by HRMC; he always deals with these in conjunction with AccountTax. Has a 100% success record so far, so that's the route I'll take in the unlikely event I get my collar felt (BTW: in the 20 years I've been contracting, I've had two tax inspections by HMRC, both of which passed without any issues. And yes, I operate outside of IR35.)

Nomadd

[Ruse]

Some good and some bad.

But can the detractors tell me who else is out there campaigning for contractors rights ? A lot of good work has been done in last few years around getting IT off the list of skills shortages for immigration and attempting to stop ICT's.

I won't go into the bad here, but I think a lot of it has been cleaned up, although the cronyism continues.

Yes they will provide a lot of assistance on an investigation, although I have been lucky enough not to have to call on it.

[dx4100]

The insurance is worth it alone...you also get discounts on contract reviews etc...

Fighting IR35...ok they have not won that battle but at least someone is fighting for us....