Originally posted by BlasterBates
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However, they do fundamentally change the assessment of whether it applies, and hence they may fundamentally change the outcome, depending on how the assessment is made (e.g. whether CEST is used).
You could argue that a lot of contracts that should be inside will now be inside, but there will also be a lot of contracts that would probably not be deemed inside at tribunal, yet will nevertheless be deemed inside, and are unlikely to be pursued through the tribunal system (time consuming, uncertain outcome). There's no effective means of remedy.
At the same time, I don't see this change being nearly as controversial as a lowering of the VAT threshold if that's pushed through. Some backbench Tories have explicitly said they'll vote against that. I don't see any votes against rolling out the IR35 rules, if it's announced (because the gov't whips will have called it already).
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