Staying in the same public sector contract after April 2017

[LondonManc]

Email from Robert Half today.

Sounds like panic-mode mitigation.

[Graham1967]

Email from Robert Half today.

Seems like a plan.

Sit on the bench and wait for a contract role, where you will be taxed like a permie, and if a permie job comes along it's a no thanks, I only do contract roles, to be taxed like a permie.

I presume whilst you are sitting on the bench, waiting time is going to be paid, taxed as a permie, or is that where signing on comes in?

[SueEllen]

Seems like a plan.

Sit on the bench and wait for a contract role, where you will be taxed like a permie, and if a permie job comes along it's a no thanks, I only do contract roles, to be taxed like a permie.

I presume whilst you are sitting on the bench, waiting time is going to be paid, taxed as a permie, or is that where signing on comes in?

You can sign on but then you will be expected to work for free if a permie style contract role doesn't come in quick enough.

Though they will probably encourage you to go self-employed....

[Andy Hallett]

Interesting that Robert Half determine the IR35 status, yet the rest of us agencies have to rely on the client. Must have missed their exemption in the legislation ;-)

[MrMarkyMark]

Interesting that Robert Half determine the IR35 status, yet the rest of us agencies have to rely on the client. Must have missed their exemption in the legislation ;-)

Loved this bit

we are looking to build a bench of ‘PAYE friendly’ contractors for those clients who simply will not engage otherwise. As such, if you are available at short notice and happy to work in the Public Sector on a PAYE basis.

[Bluenose]

got my first public sector, ir35 aware, job alert email today.

contract is clearly a business as usual support role and yet remains outside ir35 (according to email).

[northernladyuk]

Seems like a plan.

Sit on the bench and wait for a contract role, where you will be taxed like a permie, and if a permie job comes along it's a no thanks, I only do contract roles, to be taxed like a permie.

I presume whilst you are sitting on the bench, waiting time is going to be paid, taxed as a permie, or is that where signing on comes in?

Psychocandy is our resident expert on signing on as a contractor, if you need the low down.

[LondonManc]

got my first public sector, ir35 aware, job alert email today.

contract is clearly a business as usual support role and yet remains outside ir35 (according to email).

Paging PC to the thread.....

[northernladyuk]

Paging PC to the thread.....

He's signing on as his brother-in-law this morning.

[filthy1980]

a mate has just advised me that the MoJ as declared that all their contractors are outside IR35 using HMRC's tool, apparently ring fenced the IT projects they are working on as outside too

I think this is a big bonus for my mates contracting colleagues as I know they've been there for years 4+ and I would have thought they were definitely inside but seems MoJ have a desire to keep them