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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostAh but in whose interests would it be to simplify the tax system??
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostYet in a modern, sensible (much more flat) tax system there should be no need to have loopholes to exploit. Another agument, I know, but I am increasingly convinced that the UK taxation system is unfit for purpose.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIf they did that they would get rid of the tax loop holes that people like us use to our advantage.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostSorry, but as the UK tax system gets ever more convoluted (what ever happened to the Tories and the office of tax simplification???) more and more clarifications of clarifications will be required for evermore. Frankly, the entire system is now not fit for purpose and should be scrapped.
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Sorry, but as the UK tax system gets ever more convoluted (what ever happened to the Tories and the office of tax simplification???) more and more clarifications of clarifications will be required for evermore. Frankly, the entire system is now not fit for purpose and should be scrapped.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostMaybe someone should ask HMRC for a clarification of their clarifications. May as well send in a request for a clarification of the clarification of their clarifications at the same time, bound to need it.
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Maybe someone should ask HMRC for a clarification of their clarifications. May as well send in a request for a clarification of the clarification of their clarifications at the same time, bound to need it.
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Originally posted by geoffreywhereveryoumaybe View PostAs an IT consultant, I work on client sites on contracts that are arranged by a variety of intermediary recruitment agencies. They set up a contract between my one man band limited company and themselves. There is no contract between my company and the end client.
Hence, I am arguing that my contracts aren't providing services through a service company as there is no contract between the client and my company.
So, the involvement of an intermediary is crucial.
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Contracting through an intermediary
Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostBut it is still B2B with the Ltd company being responsible for its own taxation - there is no other company involved i.e. an intermediary
Hence, I am arguing that my contracts aren't providing services through a service company as there is no contract between the client and my company.
So, the involvement of an intermediary is crucial.
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Originally posted by Taxless View PostI'm not quite sure on the term intermediary in relation to MSC either, but if it was in point, then is it not your own company that fulfils that role. You are not providing your services personally to the client, you are supplying those services through your company.
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostI don't think that a single person Ltd Co. can possibly be caught under the MSC legislation, even with the new definitions, simply because I cannot see how you would ever be termed an 'intermediary' - you will be personally supplying your services direct to the client. I think that HMR&C have expanded the scope of the legislation so that they can cover all the little rascals who have consulted 'leading QC's' in order that they can promise '90% take home pay'; there are many different types of schemes that have been set up and it would be impossible to legislate against all of them but the MSC legislation is all encompassing and has the added bonus of debt transfer which would usually be enough to make agencies run a mile.
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostI don't think that a single person Ltd Co. can possibly be caught under the MSC legislation, even with the new definitions, simply because I cannot see how you would ever be termed an 'intermediary' - you will be personally supplying your services direct to the client. I think that HMR&C have expanded the scope of the legislation so that they can cover all the little rascals who have consulted 'leading QC's' in order that they can promise '90% take home pay'; there are many different types of schemes that have been set up and it would be impossible to legislate against all of them but the MSC legislation is all encompassing and has the added bonus of debt transfer which would usually be enough to make agencies run a mile.
What do you mean when you refer to an intermediary? In the MSC legislation, there are references to MSC providers (the accountant in laymen's terms) and MSCs but I don't recall any reference to an intermediary.
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I don't think that a single person Ltd Co. can possibly be caught under the MSC legislation, even with the new definitions, simply because I cannot see how you would ever be termed an 'intermediary' - you will be personally supplying your services direct to the client. I think that HMR&C have expanded the scope of the legislation so that they can cover all the little rascals who have consulted 'leading QC's' in order that they can promise '90% take home pay'; there are many different types of schemes that have been set up and it would be impossible to legislate against all of them but the MSC legislation is all encompassing and has the added bonus of debt transfer which would usually be enough to make agencies run a mile.
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Originally posted by Taxless View PostSorry SueEllen, but they don't seem to have one.
I have access to Lexis Nexis/Simon's Taxes in electronic format and a search of these very comprehensive products has failed to show anything.
A mate of mine is considering setting up a limited and as she is a pedant* I was just confirming that there was no definition provided by HMRC.
*There is a good reason for this.
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