Outside IR35 consultancy model - genuine or papering over cracks?

[ShandyDrinker]

For anyone interested, an extract from the sales brochure I was sent, name excluded:



I do see the crux of the issue as the commercial reality is labour supply to the end client, dressed up with a Statement of Work and an 80/20 payment split....

[ShandyDrinker]

That's good re the indemnity. It was one of the big issues I started to see post the private sector rollout with people asking for indemnities.

I do agree with other posts though regarding whether the approach originally highlighted is just a veneer and could be challenged by HMRC. It's...

[ShandyDrinker]

Spot on.

I was being charitable when I said about the OP being comfortable with it. It really depends on your risk tolerance. The number of times I had people trying to sell me EBTs and indeed one outfit tried to mandate a particularly dodgy setup when I was in the running for a contract...

[ShandyDrinker]

fiisch I can neither confirm nor deny although glad it worked for you and you are/were comfortable with it.

Per jamesbrown's previous comment, ESM10010 is worth a read for anyone considering this model.

HMRC explicitly warns against "a labour supply contract... simply...

[ShandyDrinker]

In this instance no. I was contacted on LinkedIn by someone I'd never dealt with before at an agency I'd never heard of before. Not a big player but an agency on the south coast recruiting for city based contracts....

[ShandyDrinker]

Thanks very much for the replies so far. I thought there was something off.

Given that I don't know if any contractors on here are currently worked through them or that they frequent this site themselves, I'm not prepared to share it at this stage. What I will say is that I was approached...

[ShandyDrinker]

Been approached about a role through a consultancy that uses what they call an "associate model" to place contractors outside IR35. Wanted to get the forum's view on whether this passes the smell test.

How it works:

• You contract with them, not the end client (they're the "hirer")
• Pay

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