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November 22nd - The death of contracting as we know it
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Originally posted by webberg View PostI agree but HMRC could say "you're all employees and if and when we get around to saying you really are not, we will refund the PAYE or credit your self employed tax account".Comment
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If I were an HMRC/Treasury type trying to get this sort of thing through, I might argue along the following lines.
Contractors have been avoiding tax for 20 years.
We have introduced law after law after law and still they don't pay their way.
Now we need them to pay their way to pay for Bexit.
If you (Tory MP) want to oppose that, you risk being called out as supporting tax avoidance.
Therefore be a good boy/girl and don't make waves.
Yes, we know HMRC will make a horrendous mess of getting to everybody, but we have the money in the bank and the initiative is on individuals.
By the way, the Daily Hate will run stories that say "tax avoiders finally brought to heel" and therefore no fear of the redtops being offside.
And by the way it takes the news away from our rich and big corporate friends who can carry on avoiding tax for a bit longer.
(I'm not by the way an HMRC/Treasury type).Best Forum Adviser & Forum Personality of the Year 2018.
(No, me neither).Comment
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We've been very fortunate in that the press over the last couple of days has lumped the IR35 and VAT changes together and pinned the government as "attackers of small business" - which includes sole traders; plumbers, decorators, etc. Whoever that came from, we owe them many many pints.
Looking over the comments in various forms of media, the general public appear to be behind us and not the government on this one, for now.Comment
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Originally posted by mattfx View PostWe've been very fortunate in that the press over the last couple of days has lumped the IR35 and VAT changes together and pinned the government as "attackers of small business" - which includes sole traders; plumbers, decorators, etc. Whoever that came from, we owe them many many pints.
Looking over the comments in various forms of media, the general public appear to be behind us and not the government on this one, for now.
This could still bite back to Hammond the way S/E NICs did. All the tabloids have to do is spin the effect of this across other spends:
"Hammond hammers small business again for £1.2bn, yet overseas aid still £12bn and Brexit bill now £40bn.""My God, it's huge!!"Comment
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Paper on tax challenge on digital economy."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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The point at which small businesses pay VAT will be kept at £85,000...
Now moving onto housing so hopefully that's all for now? Or does he not announce everything in the speech?Comment
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Originally posted by boxingbantz View PostThe point at which small businesses pay VAT will be kept at £85,000...
Now moving onto housing so hopefully that's all for now? Or does he not announce everything in the speech?STRENGTH - "A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but its persistence"Comment
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