Got an extension offer today, agent (who has been fine so far) gives me some cagey bull about ITEPA and the changes that agents need to make this year with the transfer of debt provision etc, yada yada.
So I wait for the paperwork and the contract has gone back to include all the dodgy clauses that I negotiated out originally (OK he may have sent me the off the shelf version they got from WH Smith and I could renegotiate along the lines of the original contract).
There were two attachments, one, a questionnaire for my accountant asking for all sorts of assurances about their business model and practice and wanting assurances about future conduct and another with the same stuff for me, some of which you would expect to be there and much that they already have like VAT number, bank account number, but lots else besides, much of which has absolutely nothing to do with them and would be considered more of a 'poking your nose to cover your rear end' nature rather than due diligence.
Yes, I will get all of it reviewed as always, (if they show any signs of movement on it - not going to waste money) but is anyone else getting this kind of rubbish? It is absolutely OTT and I am sure their lawyers are laughing all the way to the bank at them.
Upshot is, take it or leave it. And I most certainly will
I am just interested in whether many of us are experiencing this type of issue? Here is the link they sent to justify it and it seems to me to be a crazy gut reaction. http://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2013...-tax-loophole/
TBH I would be sceptical of any advice given out on a rec web site by Giant but hey....
So I wait for the paperwork and the contract has gone back to include all the dodgy clauses that I negotiated out originally (OK he may have sent me the off the shelf version they got from WH Smith and I could renegotiate along the lines of the original contract).
There were two attachments, one, a questionnaire for my accountant asking for all sorts of assurances about their business model and practice and wanting assurances about future conduct and another with the same stuff for me, some of which you would expect to be there and much that they already have like VAT number, bank account number, but lots else besides, much of which has absolutely nothing to do with them and would be considered more of a 'poking your nose to cover your rear end' nature rather than due diligence.
Yes, I will get all of it reviewed as always, (if they show any signs of movement on it - not going to waste money) but is anyone else getting this kind of rubbish? It is absolutely OTT and I am sure their lawyers are laughing all the way to the bank at them.
Upshot is, take it or leave it. And I most certainly will
I am just interested in whether many of us are experiencing this type of issue? Here is the link they sent to justify it and it seems to me to be a crazy gut reaction. http://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2013...-tax-loophole/
TBH I would be sceptical of any advice given out on a rec web site by Giant but hey....
), there's a response to send to your agency if you get this kind of request and explains to them in words of one syllable why they're wrong. It's going to REC and APSCo plus a pile of agencies.. It's currently on the Client /Agency board on their forums, but the more copies that re sent the better.
including assurances that they don't provide what are normal accountancy services such as Company Secretarial etc. My accountant would laugh if I gave it to him I suspect, I doubt he would fill it in.
last I looked it was at least £120 but yeah maybe I should, gone are the days when it was as simple as no MOO and substitution.
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