Has anyone considered running multiple contracts during this?

[WordIsBond]

I would also expect (but I don't know) that having multiple clients would decrease your likelihood of being investigated.

Perhaps, but certainly people with multiple clients have ended up in tribunals. I don't know whether anyone with multiple concurrent clients has actually lost.

JB is right that technically, it's not much of a factor. Practically, it almost always will be a significant factor.

[jamesbrown]

I don't know whether anyone with multiple concurrent clients has actually lost.

Most recently, Mantides vs. HMRC (locum GP, inside on one of several engagements). Really will shut up now though

[Old Greg]

Perhaps, but certainly people with multiple clients have ended up in tribunals. I don't know whether anyone with multiple concurrent clients has actually lost.

There will always be some, but I wonder if they are outliers. It depends how much HMRC go for the low hanging fruit.

[LondonManc]

There will always be some, but I wonder if they are outliers. It depends how much HMRC go for the low hanging fruit.

Just like with any other debt collection business, it's a case of risk/effort versus reward.
Someone who has been working for the same bank on the wharf for three years as a contractor and suddenly is declared inside IR35 is firmly going to be within their sights, especially if they're a UK resident and citizen and always have been.

[NotAllThere]

As the old adage goes "The Chinese have the same word for crisis and opportunity", I've just knocked back an email from an agent as I am one of the few fortunate to still be engaged during this pandemic, but should I be looking to run multiple gigs at the same time while I can?

I know the flippant answer will be yes, and do I really want the added stress of trying to juggle two diaries for meetings etc? Am I selfish for hogging two roles when I should be helping out those contractors on the bench?

I find that having multiple roles makes life much more interesting (whether in Chinese proverb terms or not, I can't say). As for selfishness - that's between you and your conscience.

[simes]

I find that having multiple roles makes life much more interesting (whether in Chinese proverb terms or not, I can't say). As for selfishness - that's between you and your conscience.

If we believe in and practice Capitalism, it's all about profit.

Who knows when the train, be it gravy-filled or otherwise, will end.

Get to work on whatever is offered.

[zonkkk]

Am I selfish for hogging two roles when I should be helping out those contractors on the bench?

Are you running a charity or a business?

[simes]

Are you running a charity or a business?

Quite.

FFS, it's survival of the fittest and the most business-like.

If you are feeling a conscience, give half to the NHS knowing you/one did a better job than anyone else to make such a donation.

[WordIsBond]

Most recently, Mantides vs. HMRC (locum GP, inside on one of several engagements). Really will shut up now though

When you get old, you start to remember stuff from long ago but not the recent past. This is obviously a warning to me.

[jamesbrown]

When you get old, you start to remember stuff from long ago but not the recent past. This is obviously a warning to me.

What were we talking about?