Originally posted by techsoftlondon
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I think your risk is really low whether you take time off or not. IF HMRC looks to go after historical cases, the first ones they will go after are the ones who were outside and there is now an inside determination. That's not you. They MIGHT even start looking for outside to perm, but if so, they'll be looking first at people who did that in March/April.
There's quite a bit of paranoia around IR35, some of it for good reason, but as far as I know HMRC has never argued in a case that because someone has gone perm they must have been inside before. Going the other direction might make you a target but there is no evidence that going to perm does.
The best thing you can do is close your company and hold onto your contract reviews. You are unlikely to ever be targeted, but if you are, it is likely to be way down the list, and you should be able to easily get your company closed before anyone ever pays attention.
Lloyds/Barclays etc are doing people like you a big favour. Their actions mean a lot of contractors are going to be closing their PSCs because there just aren't going to be as many contracts for LtdCo contractors. No way HMRC scrutinises them all to figure out who they should investigate for IR35.
Get your company closed.
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