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The actual point here is as Mal says everyone has stated this is a bad idea yet HMG are running with it.
I know many here do not quite connect the dots, but that whole bold "FU" attitude on the part of HMRC/HMG/Treasury to anything and anyone is a direct continuation of the success of their APN gamble back in 2014.
Not only were Gauke and co vindicated in their belief that they can screw contractors senseless without triggering much of a protest, they started thinking they can do whatever they like without a care for accountability to anyone.
This trajectory is going to be very difficult to change.
I know many here do not quite connect the dots, but that whole bold "FU" attitude on the part of HMRC/HMG/Treasury to anything and anyone is a direct continuation of the success of their APN gamble back in 2014.
Not only were Gauke and co vindicated in their belief that they can screw contractors senseless without triggering much of a protest, they started thinking they can do whatever they like without a care for accountability to anyone.
This trajectory is going to be very difficult to change.
APN wasn't targeted at contractors - or at least it wasn't targeted at contractors who I want to be associated with... Note carefully picking on words there...
You are right that this all starts in 2014 though - but its not the APN that is the start its the Agency Reporting Requirements which was the first building block of this attack....
APN wasn't targeted at contractors - or at least it wasn't targeted at contractors who I want to be associated with... Note carefully picking on words there...
You are right that this all starts in 2014 though - but its not the APN that is the start its the Agency Reporting Requirements which was the first building block of this attack....
I note your careful choice of words, and that "good contractors" vs "bad contractors" mentality might be just why we are getting shafted with such regularity. HMG don't even need to divide and rule us - we divide ourselves just fine.
And I did not say APNs were the start, what I said is that it emboldened our "friends" into trying policies they would have never dared before.
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