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November Budget - Stop Public sector IR35 rules coming into the Private sector

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    #51
    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    Why aren't we training our young people up with the skills to do the jobs?

    Why are UK employers including the public sector so obtuse that they don't realise they can train people up?
    Because nobody wants to. Much easier to import a solution, and make that someone elses problem...
    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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      #52
      Originally posted by poorautojobber View Post
      Just an FYI Vince Cable was in parliament yesterday fighting the cause specifically mentioned IR35. Sounds like someone's been lobbying for us. Bit of a scroll but he's at least respected

      Tax Avoidance and Evasion - Hansard Online
      I voted Lib Dem in the last election and wrote to them about the changes in IR35 determinations in the Public Sector. I got a bit of wishy washy response. I'm surprised a party like the lib dems doesn't take this on and fight it as it could convince a lot of contractors to vote for them. The Tories are no longer the party of small business and it's an open goal for the lib dems who have seen the vote share collapse. There are a lot of pro-European contractors out there!

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        #53
        Originally posted by ProInDisguise View Post
        I voted Lib Dem in the last election and wrote to them about the changes in IR35 determinations in the Public Sector. I got a bit of wishy washy response. I'm surprised a party like the lib dems doesn't take this on and fight it as it could convince a lot of contractors to vote for them. The Tories are no longer the party of small business and it's an open goal for the lib dems who have seen the vote share collapse. There are a lot of pro-European contractors out there!
        it would be a drop in the ocean in terms of increase in their share of the vote

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          #54
          Originally posted by poorautojobber View Post
          Just an FYI Vince Cable was in parliament yesterday fighting the cause specifically mentioned IR35. Sounds like someone's been lobbying for us. Bit of a scroll but he's at least respected

          Tax Avoidance and Evasion - Hansard Online
          And back in 2001 Hammond was quoted in Hansard criticising IR35 for its negative effects on the flexible and smallest businesses in the uk. What changed Phil? Oh that's be it - you got into power so you no longer need our votes.
          Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

          I preferred version 1!

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            #55
            ***** it....

            Let it happen. For many years I have held the opinion that there are a lot of boys and girls that are lying to themselves about what contracting is. They are the ones that are in grave danger of losing everything in an HMRC investigation. So in their cases for someone else to take over the risk and tell them the truth is a good thing to happen even if they feel the pain in the short term.

            The second point is no one should look at the catastrophic mess that they caused in the public sector and think it will work that way in the private sector. If a bank is given the choice of :

            a) Pushing everyone inside IR35 and lose talent in a stampede or
            b) Arrange their affairs correctly and use temps, permanent staff and contractors in the right way

            they will pick b)

            More importantly I don't think we have seen the true effects of the last two years of dividend taxes and IR35. I think there will be a number of lower paid people that will be very surprised about their 2018 tax bill come January.

            Having a load of nurses go bankrupt because they owe 35% tax for the last tax year while being forced inside IR35 this year will make things really hard for Hammond.

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              #56
              Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post
              it would be a drop in the ocean in terms of increase in their share of the vote
              In some of the constituencies they lost it would have made a difference between keeping them and the loss.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #57
                Originally posted by bobspud View Post
                ***** it....

                Let it happen. For many years I have held the opinion that there are a lot of boys and girls that are lying to themselves about what contracting is. They are the ones that are in grave danger of losing everything in an HMRC investigation. So in their cases for someone else to take over the risk and tell them the truth is a good thing to happen even if they feel the pain in the short term.

                The second point is no one should look at the catastrophic mess that they caused in the public sector and think it will work that way in the private sector. If a bank is given the choice of :

                a) Pushing everyone inside IR35 and lose talent in a stampede or
                b) Arrange their affairs correctly and use temps, permanent staff and contractors in the right way

                they will pick b)

                More importantly I don't think we have seen the true effects of the last two years of dividend taxes and IR35. I think there will be a number of lower paid people that will be very surprised about their 2018 tax bill come January.

                Having a load of nurses go bankrupt because they owe 35% tax for the last tax year while being forced inside IR35 this year will make things really hard for Hammond.
                Not everyone works for just banks.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by poorautojobber View Post
                  Just an FYI Vince Cable was in parliament yesterday fighting the cause specifically mentioned IR35. Sounds like someone's been lobbying for us. Bit of a scroll but he's the least respected

                  Tax Avoidance and Evasion - Hansard Online
                  FTFY...

                  He was the Business Secretary who fought hard to allow FTEs in to take over our jobs, remember. Ignore almost anything he says, he'll reverse it within days if he sniffs someone listening to him.
                  Blog? What blog...?

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by BoredBloke View Post
                    And back in 2001 Hammond was quoted in Hansard criticising IR35 for its negative effects on the flexible and smallest businesses in the uk. What changed Phil? Oh that's be it - you got into power so you no longer need our votes.
                    Thing is they probably will need our votes soon. I modified the IPSe letter and added that point at the bottom. I think as an estimate just my local village would have 100+ engineering contractors. Would imagine with all the IT guys and other contractors it would be a bit of a hit for my local MP.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                      Not everyone works for just banks.
                      I think Bobspud's comment was illustrative.

                      I think the larger firms in a number of verticals (e.g. fintech, pharma) would go down the option b) route. Not for being altruistic towards contractors of course. But in the rush pre-Brexit to retain quality flexible resources, they'll put more effort into demonstrating that the work on the ground delivered by contractors sits outside IR35. So, proper MOO, no SDC, project=based deliverables in contracts etc.

                      There's not too much extra work in making this happen - it's what should happen now. Contracts and working practices just need tightening up. And as for the risk of getting an outside decision wrong, I think the larger private sector firms will have more appetite to take this on than the public bodies have done.
                      "My God, it's huge!!"

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