Speaking personally on Corbyn...

[OwlHoot]

To be fair i can handle the tax increase as most of us contractors can i assume. ...

I wouldn't be too sure, because one way or another tax increases for "the few" will soon filter down to higher prices and interest rates for "the many".

[northernladyuk]

I wouldn't be too sure, because one way or another tax increases for "the few" will soon filter down to higher prices and interest rates for "the many".

That's already baked in by Brexit.

[MarkT]

Eh?

If you're an employee you won't pay employer's NI, and you will get holiday and sick pay etc. So you should vote for him.

That's the point. We won't be employees - we will be contractors with no rights or benefits paying the same taxes as employees. It'll basically be the same as it is in the public sector right now.

[northernladyuk]

That's the point. We won't be employees - we will be contractors with no rights or benefits paying the same taxes as employees. It'll basically be the same as it is in the public sector right now.

So you'll need to charge more.

[ContractorOnAMotorbike]

I wouldn't be too sure, because one way or another tax increases for "the few" will soon filter down to higher prices and interest rates for "the many".

And this is the other thing that gets me. Why have such a divisive view? Maybe i am being pedantic but even if it was For the many not "just" the few it would seem more inclusive. Right now it looks like they are telling the few to bend over and take it.

[northernladyuk]

And this is the other thing that gets me. Why have such a divisive view? Maybe i am being pedantic but even if it was For the many not "just" the few it would seem more inclusive. Right now it looks like they are telling the few to bend over and take it.

The many are already bending over and taking it. Now it is the turn of the higher earners to share the pleasure. Obviously the very rich can't be expected to help out so they will be exempt from Tory and Labour plans.

[meridian]

And this is the other thing that gets me. Why have such a divisive view? Maybe i am being pedantic but even if it was For the many not "just" the few it would seem more inclusive. Right now it looks like they are telling the few to bend over and take it.

If "the few" get taxed more, they want to make sure they maintain their overall position at the top of the tree by taking it out on "the many".

It's an entitlement attitude by the top 5% that needs to happen, akin to Scandinavia. The Brit attitude is to keep as much of it as you can, and fsck the rest.

[ContractorOnAMotorbike]

The many are already bending over and taking it. Now it is the turn of the higher earners to share the pleasure.

Not sure i agree. We pay plenty of tax as it is. The impression this "not the few" policy gives is that us lot laugh all the way to the bank and just chill the rest of the time.

It is the politics of envy and is not healthy.

[northernladyuk]

Not sure i agree. We pay plenty of tax as it is. The impression this "not the few" policy gives is that us lot laugh all the way to the bank and just chill the rest of the time.

It is the politics of envy and is not healthy.

Outside IR35 contractors really don't pay much tax.

[MarkT]

So you'll need to charge more.

You mean along with everyone else? Heard of market forces?