Consultancy witholding 20% of each invoice in new contracts

[The Spartan]

After establishing that two of my clients don't have to give me a SDS, my third client has come back to me and explained that they come under the small companies exemption. Their advice is that it means I'm still responsible for assessing whether I'm inside or outside IR35 as per the norm.

[The Spartan]

What happens if you don't get a SDS from the client from April?

[The Spartan]

I am working multiple contracts at the moment and work 14 - 16 hours a day for 4 days and only 8 hours on a Friday. It's perfectly doable if you're willing to do it, in addition to those 2 contracts I have a 3rd client who I do at least 8 hours of work for a month. It's not like there is much else to...

[The Spartan]

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[The Spartan]

I've found plenty of work in Government over the last few years, after working solely in the private sector. I have had more enquiries from companies in the USA for fixed price work which has no doubt been because of COVID-19. Brexit hasn't been an issue so far thankfully

[The Spartan]

Same here, last 3 gigs have been SC cleared roles within government through a consultancy. This is more to do with the consultancy in this case, however I thought that the whole point of status determinations was to clarify if a role was inside or outside IR35? If a role is outside why is it necessary...

[The Spartan]

It does seem very vague on what adequate performance is, additionally it's only been dropped on several contractors I've previously worked with 2 weeks till their current contracts expire. Maybe it's a coincidence however it does seem the timing may benefit the consultancy in some capacity.

[The Spartan]

Just been speaking with a friend who is working for a Government department via a well known consultancy. As part of the changes in response to the IR35 private sector rollout the new contracts that have been issued have a clause whereby 20% of each invoice is witheld till the end of the contract and...