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    IR35 Laughs Head Off



    Day to Day working
    If the Revenue investigates your contract they may contact the end client and seek information on how you actually work.

    Suggestion – try to avoid acting similar to employees of the client, such as:

    Using staff facilities and benefits such as car parks, canteens etc.
    Appearing on internal phone lists & email addresses
    Joining in on staff events such as social events, Christmas parties etc.
    Managing employees of the client
    Similar work patterns/holiday leave as employees of the client

    I have never heard soo much tulipe in all my life. It is well known that to develop relationships with your client it is best to 'fit' in with the company you are working with. By working alongside collegues and building rapport, getting involved with the company actually helps you get more work and build better relationships for extensions.

    The above statement is complete and utter tosh.

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    Using staff facilities and benefits such as car parks, canteens etc.
    I need to park somewhere!

    Appearing on internal phone lists & email addresses
    I need to use the internal email system for more than just emailing people. Its a very convenient method of transferring documents to the client whilst on site, some of which may be confidential and the client would be upset if these went through a thrid party system when not necessary. And as a business systems specialist i need access to the email system to set up automated report emailing, alerts etc...

    Joining in on staff events such as social events, Christmas parties etc.
    Always avoided these for the past few years anyway, mostly for anti-social reasons

    Managing employees of the client

    Well dur... unless your a contract project manager, then you're screwed

    Similar work patterns/holiday leave as employees of the client
    I prefer to work 9-5, its the same hours as most of my clients work so makes sense!
    Coffee's for closers

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      #3
      or

      just work from home.....

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        #4
        It is quite simply pure and utter bulltulip.

        The lot of it.

        The black and white of it is this.

        It is not about wheter you 'would' be an employee if you worked for the company directly. What the **** has that got to do with anything.

        It is the fact that the company themselves have chosen NOT to hire an employee but to hire temporary 'CONTRACT' employment for short periods of time.

        THAT IN ITSELF EXPLAINS IT ALL. Whether you are using their computers or emails or ****** car park dont matter.

        It makes me mad. I tells ya.

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          #5
          Originally posted by wantacontract
          just work from home.....
          Do the rules apply to me?
          The rules will apply to you if you answer ‘yes’ to both the following questions.

          Would you be an employee if you worked for your client directly and not through your company or partnership?

          NO CAUSE I WOULD NOT WORK FOR THE CLIENT DIRECTLY.
          THE CLIENT DOES NOT WANT TO EMPLOY WORKERS DIRECTLY.

          WHO GIVES A TOSS WITH IFS AND BUTS LOOK AT THE REALITY.

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            #6
            Originally posted by el duder


            Day to Day working
            If the Revenue investigates your contract they may contact the end client and seek information on how you actually work.

            Suggestion – try to avoid acting similar to employees of the client, such as:

            Using staff facilities and benefits such as car parks, canteens etc.
            Appearing on internal phone lists & email addresses
            Joining in on staff events such as social events, Christmas parties etc.
            Managing employees of the client
            Similar work patterns/holiday leave as employees of the client

            I have never heard soo much tulipe in all my life. It is well known that to develop relationships with your client it is best to 'fit' in with the company you are working with. By working alongside collegues and building rapport, getting involved with the company actually helps you get more work and build better relationships for extensions.

            The above statement is complete and utter tosh.
            Here here !!!

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              #7
              I'm just wondering what the point of this outburst is? We all know the rules are crap and vague and constantly changing and so on and so on.

              Are you just letting off steam because you didn't get to empty your sacks yesterday?

              Older and ...well, just older!!

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                #8
                Hmm why can't I be managing employees of the client, what's wrong with that?

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                  #9
                  Duder, the crap you describe is the essence of IR35, and has been well known for years.

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                    #10
                    You are right but that does not mean the IR will not try and say these things are employemnt. Come to that, how many professionals get paid by the hour for only the work they do?
                    bloggoth

                    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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