After Osbourne's attack on IT contractors

[MyUserName]

Today I'm trolling - it's my tradition to have a fight and then stick my opponent on my ignore list when I lose.

FTFH

*cough*

[Brussels Slumdog]

Once again, anyone who thinks these attacks on travel & subsistance are not going to happen (its only a discussion document!), are going to be in for a rude awakening. It will happen and contractors will find it very tough to legitimately claim these expenses.

Like lots of contractors who dont live in London or one of the cities, I have to travel upto an hour or more for contract roles. That's expensive. But, Ive little inclination to return to permiedom plus, being a contractor and nearing 60, no doubt Id find two obvious forms of discrimination put in my way if I did (age and contractor).

So, I guess I'll have to take it on the chin and be 'worse off' thanks to the tulips in government. I suppose I would have to look into the obviously IR35 caught contracts that are on offer nearer to my location if they pay a decent rate but then again given the tulip you have to complete for crapita when applying, I dont know whether I should.

Perhaps I just claim every ******* bit of benefit I can when Im between jobs instead of paying myself out of the company and look to take my civil service pension earlier than intended?

At least I can console myself to the fact I didnt vote the bastards in but its very little comfort. The party of business and self promotion? Yeah, **** off.

I will lower my rate and expect the client to pay my train fare which is currently £200 a week and pay someone £150 a week cash for 4 days room only , instead of paying the Premier Inn £350 . I can afford not to claim £100 on meals. How can I be a disguised employee at 65 ? Why would any employer offer me a Permanent position to implement a new functionality which is only expected to last 6 to 9 months? What the hell has supervision and control got to do with being self employed? What I am currently doing is controlled by Pharmaceutical regulations so of course I am supervised.

[mudskipper]

I will lower my rate and expect the client to pay my train fare which is currently £200 a week and pay someone £150 a week cash for 4 days room only , instead of paying the Premier Inn £350 . I can afford not to claim £100 on meals. How can I be a disguised employee at 65 ? Why would any employer offer me a Permanent position to implement a new functionality which is only expected to last 6 to 9 months? What the hell has supervision and control got to do with being self employed? What I am currently doing is controlled by Pharmaceutical regulations so of course I am supervised.

Make sure you respond to IPSE's survey - the more examples the better.

https://www.ipse.co.uk/news/2015/tra...-want-hear-you

[OwlHoot]

I don't actually have anything to add, but just wanted to show my new .sig again

[lilelvis2000]

You are amongst the richest people in society and people do not like it. Better get used to being attacked

From socialists yes. From posh knobs no. What went wrong?

[lilelvis2000]

Suppose I'm 'lucky' in that I work from home using all my own equipment and licences, and only have to occasionally travel 5 hours for meetings with one of my clients.

It seems that on one hand the govt. are going "raah raah, entrepreneurship is up" and on the other "gis us all your dough". But then they've always done that. Be successful - but don't you dare get rich.

Thanks David and George for giving students the best reason to move abroad (in addition to other reasons).

[AtW]

From socialists yes. From posh knobs no. What went wrong?

Posh knobs are the new socialists.

HTH

[tractor]

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I don't actually have anything to add, but just wanted to show my new .sig again

I shall spend some time next week looking for some more choice examples so that when I next (soon) receive my monthly newsletter from Ashok Sharma, I can send him one of my own along the lines of You said....You did.

Then I will tell him it's lucky his party didn't have the balls to implement the Recall Your MP Scheme!

That'll learn him!

[AtW]

Then I will tell him it's lucky his party didn't have the balls to implement the Recall Your MP Scheme!

Recalling MP would never happen because it would make it much more difficult for the parties to fook over voters right after the election is over.

Personally I am leanings towards how this was dealt with in great book called "A ticket to Tranai" by Robert Sheckley.

Read it if you had not read it yet...

[tractor]

Recalling MP would never happen because it would make it much more difficult for the parties to fook over voters right after the election is over.

Personally I am leanings towards how this was dealt with in great book called "A ticket to Tranai" by Robert Sheckley.

Read it if you had not read it yet...

Of course it wouldn't but there aren't many that realise that politicians promise the earth and dish out dust after they get to the trough.

I am quite sure that most of us here are of the few that did though. If we weren't, we are now.