Breaking news - Tories to scrap IR35 as part of new election pledge

[Fred Bloggs]

They are casting much wider net now, the only people who will still be ok are those who can afford to get shares owned by offshore entities that get dividends untaxed into offshore.

That doesn't work if you bring the money back to the UK anyway. Only untaxed while it remains off shore.

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Surely not?

I doubt they'll spell it out in the new manifesto, but there will be a conspicuous absence of promises to not raise taxes. To be read as: in the Autumn Budget, all taxes will go up, but self-employed/contractor taxes will especially go up. Weeeee!

Exactly. Since the populous does not want to get on with the program there will be enforced "brining people together" by making even more people less off through taxing the tulip out of the lower middle class.