Reply to: Will Scottish independence mean lots more IT work and higher rates?

[Pondlife]

FTFY

TAXI!

[TheFaQQer]

Oh so now you want a CU, jimmy?

FTFY

[Old Greg]

Oh so now you want a CU?

No, but if I contract with the Scottish government (and I may have something lined up), I don't want the currency of the contract changing halfway through the contract, regardless of what happens with the Scottish currency. Actually that's theoretical for me and not a risk for my case, as it would be completed before independence.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Will Scottish independence mean lots more IT work and higher rates?

Splitting HMRC is going to be hard, painful, good-paying work as a starter Migrating from the MoD system to a Scottish Army / Navy / Air Force system isn't going to be cheap.

Removing the government services which are shared at the moment (HMRC, Home Office, MoJ, RC shared service centres as a starter) are going to be big, expensive projects.

Give it a year and the likes of Fujitsu, Crapita, Steria, Crap Gemini etc will have "won" the work, realised that they can't fulfil it, and then turn to the contract market to get some real expertise in.

Toot-toot!

I used to live in Scotland when I was young, one of my siblings was born there too. Is there anyway we can add an extra few votes to the yes campaign?

[TheFaQQer]

- new accounting/tax systems
- changes to existing systems
- new government bodies and agencies
- competition between Scotland and England for the best talent
- new passport systems perhaps?

Splitting HMRC is going to be hard, painful, good-paying work as a starter Migrating from the MoD system to a Scottish Army / Navy / Air Force system isn't going to be cheap.

Removing the government services which are shared at the moment (HMRC, Home Office, MoJ, RC shared service centres as a starter) are going to be big, expensive projects.

Give it a year and the likes of Fujitsu, Crapita, Steria, Crap Gemini etc will have "won" the work, realised that they can't fulfil it, and then turn to the contract market to get some real expertise in.

Toot-toot!

[scooterscot]

Just make sure your contracts specify sterling and are under the jurisdiction of English courts. You don't want it redenominated into groats.

Oh so now you want a CU?

[Old Greg]

Just make sure your contracts specify sterling and are under the jurisdiction of English courts. You don't want it redenominated into groats.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Loads of Scots commuting to England during the week and leaving their taxes behind, in Blighty, but without any public expenses. Think of all that complicated cross-border tax.

Gonna need some sophisticated IT systems if you ask me.. I'll give a reasonable quote for my services, shall we say 1000/day?

[scooterscot]

So you think the English IT systems will emerge unscathed and demand will only be on one side of the border?

Just cut the cables, no? You IT people always complicating simply matters.

[BlasterBates]

Loads of Scots commuting to England during the week and leaving their taxes behind, in Blighty, but without any public expenses. Think of all that complicated cross-border tax.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Got to go where the work is?

So you think the English IT systems will emerge unscathed and demand will only be on one side of the border?

[scooterscot]

Who said anything about moving to Scotland?

Got to go where the work is?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Yes, but you have to pass a citizenship test.

Could you pass a Scottish citizenship test?

And at least a B1 level with the lingo.

Who said anything about moving to Scotland?

[BA to the Stars]

As well as any seperation work, work for companies to relocate, etc.

Plus of course, there will be an increased demand so even if not directly involved with Scottish work, due to the law of supply & demand there may be pressure to increase rates

[JustinTime]

- new accounting/tax systems
- changes to existing systems
- new government bodies and agencies
- competition between Scotland and England for the best talent
- new passport systems perhaps?

Please allow me to summarise that for you: ca-ching!