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What is everyone going to do assuming HMR&C and Osborne get their way?
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostWhich is eactly how it should work. Substitute <area of expertise> for "Expert Engineering" and it can be aplied to almost anything. It's how I deal with my direct clients as well.Comment
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Do you think if it is a status reporting requirement that 1 month is the lower bound of what they're contemplating? Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being 6 months.Comment
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Originally posted by Zero Liability View PostDo you think if it is a status reporting requirement that 1 month is the lower bound of what they're contemplating? Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being 6 months.Comment
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It's worth remembering that for a number of tax tests there is an informal (sometimes legislative) 24 month rule in place.
I think there's no particular magic to that period and no particular reason to apply it here but it would have a certain resonance.
My personal view is that a one month period presents a number of practical challenges for all parties. Quite how that might work with RTI and other PAYE rules in particular could be a problem.Best Forum Adviser & Forum Personality of the Year 2018.
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Originally posted by webberg View PostIt's worth remembering that for a number of tax tests there is an informal (sometimes legislative) 24 month rule in place.
I think there's no particular magic to that period and no particular reason to apply it here but it would have a certain resonance.
My personal view is that a one month period presents a number of practical challenges for all parties. Quite how that might work with RTI and other PAYE rules in particular could be a problem.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Posta perm job with lots of benefits and training etc.
I'm finding more and more permie people's jobs are just as lacking in benefits and training as the average contractor!
i.e. "Training" is expected to be done by the employee, on their own time and at their own expense - this is especially prevalent in my field of software development. So much so that I've known of permie interviews specifically asking what the candidate does to keep their own skills up to date (implying that the company wants candidates with skills that are kept current but that they have no intention of being the ones to provide that).Comment
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They do for the right role - very nice company car, health ins, funded masters with release days, reasonable pension contributions, decent holiday entitlements.
These are all in the art of negotiation if you are the right candidate for a FT role, if you just scrape in then obviously you have less chance of having that discussion, and instead get the company norm, which can be very variable - but some are still good.Comment
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I think the one month thing is a bit of a red herring - if we think about the tools that HMRC have now: agency reporting requirements and RTI, they pretty much know who is working for which agency and via which tax vehicle within one month of the contract starting (or thereabouts) so it would be logical for them to ask for a declaration of status within the same period - then they have all the pieces of the jigsaw in one go. Just a thoughtComment
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In the thread dealing with responses to the discussion document, I shared the fact that we put forward a time based test on the grounds that in many ways it is easy to measure and apply.
A number of commentators pointed out flaws and problems with that approach. Don't have an issue with that but it might be worth reviewing that thread and applying some of the lessons in this debate?Best Forum Adviser & Forum Personality of the Year 2018.
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