Interesting article by Bob Jones on CUK front page.
It highlights to me the unfortunate fact that in some cases the problem is that the law is plain wrong at its base. Obviously we would expect HMRC to uphold the law even if it is wrong.
Example: as Bob says, someone who has 4 different assignments in a year is regarded as having 4 different jobs in a year. There seems to be no room for the person who is making one single career out of one short assignment after another.
To me it is nothing short of ridiculous to say that such a person has 4 careers every year, one after the other, for each of which he can be expected to move hos home close to the place of work.
No point in trying to find a loophole within that misguided law. If the law supposes that, the law is a ass.
It highlights to me the unfortunate fact that in some cases the problem is that the law is plain wrong at its base. Obviously we would expect HMRC to uphold the law even if it is wrong.
Example: as Bob says, someone who has 4 different assignments in a year is regarded as having 4 different jobs in a year. There seems to be no room for the person who is making one single career out of one short assignment after another.
To me it is nothing short of ridiculous to say that such a person has 4 careers every year, one after the other, for each of which he can be expected to move hos home close to the place of work.
No point in trying to find a loophole within that misguided law. If the law supposes that, the law is a ass.
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