You know IR35 is a bad thing when....

[jamesbrown]

Anything.
giggity

Putting the personal service in Personal Service Company.

[doomage]

And what business services have you provided my company with?


(I had to ask that even though I know I shouldn't.)

IR35 compliance analysis.

Or any other IT related service.

Or any other non-IT related service. We here @ myco are very open minded. And will do pretty much anything for money.



Anything.





giggity

[SueEllen]

What we should do is start invoicing each others ltd companies, creating a massive tangled paper trail for HMRC to be buried under in case of IR35 investigation.

And what business services have you provided my company with?


(I had to ask that even though I know I shouldn't.)

[doomage]

What we should do is start invoicing each others ltd companies, creating a massive tangled paper trail for HMRC to be buried under in case of IR35 investigation.

[Sockpuppet]

Surely a legitimate business would engage the services of a debt collection agency? Only a disguised permie would write off £500, as at least they know where their next meal ticket is coming from...

A legitimate business would and I'm looking at it

Still in the meantime its a nice IR35 pointer and even if I get a recovery it'll still look better than no problems getting paid. Not that it proves I'm more of a business but HMRC like what HMRC like.

[TestMangler]

Surely a legitimate business would engage the services of a debt collection agency? Only a disguised permie would write off £500, as at least they know where their next meal ticket is coming from...

WHS

[doomage]

....you write some work off you did for £500 as a bad debt (customer not paying, nor any chance of paying) and immediately think. "Great IR35 defence, better document this" not where is my £500 you robbing fecks.

Surely a legitimate business would engage the services of a debt collection agency? Only a disguised permie would write off £500, as at least they know where their next meal ticket is coming from...

[pmeswani]

See my sig.

Yes I see the appeal.

[Pondlife]

....you write some work off you did for £500 as a bad debt (customer not paying, nor any chance of paying) and immediately think. "Great IR35 defence, better document this" not where is my £500 you robbing fecks.

See my sig.

[up4it]

the permies in the office are allowed to work from home but you as a contractor are not!

Then you think you can use that to form part of a defence against IR35.

[Sockpuppet]

....you write some work off you did for £500 as a bad debt (customer not paying, nor any chance of paying) and immediately think. "Great IR35 defence, better document this" not where is my £500 you robbing fecks.