Taxman killing competition

[Mich the Tester]

Agent called and said that a contract at a bank can only be done 'on payroll' because they've had a visit from the taxman and the role is not for a predefined project; that means effectively that I would earn half my rate and have no means to subtract business costs from tax. I know this is going on all over the EU now, and it's f**&*(^(*king scandalous. Effectively the tax authorities are impeding competition by ensuring the job's only profitable for people who live nextdoor to clientco; this is supposed to be 'free trade and competition'.

FFS. FFS, FFS!

I chatted with a guy from East Germany at the weekend and he told me 'what's going on in the EU now is what we spent 44 years fighting against in eastern Europe'.

F*&(&*(&*(ing communists.

If Crap Gemini or Logicack do the job they can keep the full amount of dosh and spend it as their business sees fit, but my business can't do that because it's a small business and doesn't have huge white elephant offices and cushy government contracts. WTF?

I am becoming a euroskeptic.

[darmstadt]

I've just been on a call to discuss part of the contract for my next project and one of the paragraphs is a small white lie. It states that I am basically an employee of the company for a fixed period because the end client won't use freelancers supplied by them. I have had to do this various times before and it doesn't really worry me as I still change the same rate.

(This project is pretty good as its only 5 mins walking from my front door even though its not really my skillset which is why I'm downloading the software and manuals as I type to get up to some speed.)

[xoggoth]

It is indeed the EUUSSR. Without enforced checks and controls on leaders dictatorship is inevitable.

[Alf W]

There's all sorts of funny rules going on with banks and headcounts etc at the moment due to deals done with the FSA and banks disguising contractors via various 'managed services' schemes. This sounds like one such scheme.

[Mich the Tester]

It is indeed the EUUSSR. Without enforced checks and controls on leaders dictatorship is inevitable.

I'm not HP about this. OK, so I've set up a one man business to get the tax benefits of not using the social security system. I do that because I'm not some useless layabout flipwit with no education; I employ myself, insure myself andin case I have no work I've been sensible enough to build up a savings account (the interest upon which is f***ing taxed) instead of borrowing 6 times my income to buy a SUV I can't afford. In short, I DON'T NEED YOUR BLOODY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM! If it was any good, i.e. good bespoke insurance at competitive rates, I wouldn't have opted out. First the politicos make an inefficient stalinist mess of social security, then start terrorising anyone who opts out.

[DimPrawn]

"Taxman killing competition"


Where do I enter?

[Mich the Tester]

There's all sorts of funny rules going on with banks and headcounts etc at the moment due to deals done with the FSA and banks disguising contractors via various 'managed services' schemes. This sounds like one such scheme.

Oh they're involved as well. The FSA. Fat lot of good they were, so now they're going to busy themselves with stuff that's completely irrelevant to proper banking practise.

[HairyArsedBloke]

"Taxman killing competition"


Where do I enter?

I'm already on the run for that.

Message for Hector: (<- bye bye, not hello sailor),

[Mich the Tester]

NEWS. I asked agent if I can do the job as employee of family's Ltd in Britain. This LTD has 5 employees. Agent says 'no, were not allowed to do business with a British LTD.' Why, I asked, seeing as Holland and UK are both EUSSR member states and surely 'free trade' rules apply?

Agent says 'it's just not allowed' and quotes tax laws bla bla bla.

Well that would be quite big news if it was true, seeing as Britain exports over 17bn worth of goods and services to the Netherlands each year.

[MPwannadecentincome]

NEWS. I asked agent if I can do the job as employee of family's Ltd in Britain. This LTD has 5 employees. Agent says 'no, were not allowed to do business with a British LTD.' Why, I asked, seeing as Holland and UK are both EUSSR member states and surely 'free trade' rules apply?

Agent says 'it's just not allowed' and quotes tax laws bla bla bla.

Well that would be quite big news if it was true, seeing as Britain exports over 17bn worth of goods and services to the Netherlands each year.

Presumably agency want you on 'their' payroll?