Originally posted by rp83
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So HMRC won't come knock on your door, they'll come knock on the door of YourLtdCo. If YourLtdCo doesn't exist anymore, they'll knock a long time, won't they? It's a company liability.
Now, there is the fact that you are the director. If they can prove fraud or deliberate malfeasance or something like that, they can try to pierce the corporate veil and hold you personally responsible. If they can prove that, they'll do so whether YourLtdCo is still open or not. If you have a contract review showing you were outside, they'll never succeed in that. And I don't believe they've ever tried to pierce the corporate veil on an IR35 case.
So there's absolutely nothing to be gained by keeping the company open, and if it is closed by the time they get around to matching up your name with before and after, they probably won't even look any further. If it is open, they might. Getting it closed might forestall an investigation.
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