BBC ‘forced’ star names to set up firms to avoid tax

[SueEllen]

Why do you think I was asking the question?

To be an a-hole.

[SueEllen]

Yes as I said, PSC seems to mean two entirely separate things which happen to be related in some cases. That's a problem of acronyms only that could lead to confusion.

I'm not sure there has to be a legal definition. You review the guidelines and decide if you are one, like with IR35, and they can challenge it in which case it goes tor review. Many things in our society - including the entire legal system - work on such principles.

The thing is, is to get HMRC to use that jargon in front of a judge and for the judge to point out it is meaningless.

[madame SasGuru]

Yes as I said, PSC seems to mean two entirely separate things which happen to be related in some cases. That's a problem of acronyms only that could lead to confusion.

I'm not sure there has to be a legal definition. You review the guidelines and decide if you are one, like with IR35, and they can challenge it in which case it goes tor review. Many things in our society - including the entire legal system - work on such principles.

If someone, as Hobosapien did, suggests that a Personal Service Company needs to be / should be treated differently to other Limited Companies how can you treat them definitely without legally defining what makes them different?

[madame SasGuru]

To be an a-hole.

Or to get someone to understand the point without making him look like a total idiot...

Mind you I've been told that I really shouldn't start repair projects by asking people WTF they thought they were doing - except in the Netherlands where they prefer straight talking.

[AtW]

If BBC pays their tax, then should not that amount be deemed as income and thus taxable as well?

[BlueSharp]

How can the bbc force anything? If you don't like the terms offered go else where.

Does this mean if I apply for premie roles as well as contract I can claim I was 'forced 'by the agency to take a contract and therefore they are liable?

What a load of balls.

[Mordac]

How can the bbc force anything? If you don't like the terms offered go else where.

Does this mean if I apply for premie roles as well as contract I can claim I was 'forced 'by the agency to take a contract and therefore they are liable?

What a load of balls.

If you want to work on telly or radio, then they sort of have some clout. The ultimate irony being that we pay for their existence, and having worked there myself, they do have a very strong preference to employing companies over individuals.

And as for the bits I haven't bolded, you are a knobhead and I claim my £5.

[d000hg]

If someone, as Hobosapien did, suggests that a Personal Service Company needs to be / should be treated differently to other Limited Companies how can you treat them definitely without legally defining what makes them different?

Inside or outside ir35 doesn't have a clear legal definition. It is left for the contractor/company to self assess.

How is this any different?

[d000hg]

How can the bbc force anything? If you don't like the terms offered go else where.

Does this mean if I apply for premie roles as well as contract I can claim I was 'forced 'by the agency to take a contract and therefore they are liable?

What a load of balls.

I imagine that as a school child you don't get many roles offered and are ignorant of how the world works for grownups.

[madame SasGuru]

Inside or outside ir35 doesn't have a clear legal definition. It is left for the contractor/company to self assess.

How is this any different?

IR35 doesn't appear in any law?