Originally posted by JohntheBike
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Will it be END of contracting after IR35 to private sector ??
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostThe size of the agency doesn't matter if the client meets the criteria. Anyway, small clients will most likely be in scope too from, say, April 2021 or 2022. They don't want multiple regimes, but it seems they are willing to roll it out in stages.
if the contract is with the agency, then the agency is the client, as they are required to make the deductions. There is no contractual nexus between the contractor and the client under this structure. However, it's a moot point.
"Anyway, small clients will most likely be in scope too from, say, April 2021 or 2022"
possibly, but a lot of water will go under the bridge before thenComment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostCool. I'm planning on continuing using a brolly and stuffing first 40k earned pre-tax each year into a pension. How do you like them apples HMRC.
Got enough 'war chest' funds to live off while in the 'living wage' only part of the year. May also only work until higher rate tax threshold reached each year, though if the rate is high enough then all comes up roses anyway.
In summary, bring it on.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostThe size of the agency doesn't matter if the client meets the criteria. Anyway, small clients will most likely be in scope too from, say, April 2021 or 2022. They don't want multiple regimes, but it seems they are willing to roll it out in stages.
Having just watched a webinar on this, one thing I hadn't really considered before (sorry if everyone else had and I'm slow on the uptake) is that the majority of this impact may be at the lower end of the contracting world (where most here wouldn't even call them contractors). By this I mean those around minimum wage, where they are arguably being exploited by the end client. Why pay NMW and employer's NICs, plus giving them all the legal rights that come along with it, when you can convince them to accept £5/hour as an independent contractor. So perhaps the tax gain for HMRC isn't really IR35 related on the higher earners, but getting modest amounts of PAYE/NICs from companies using very low earners.Comment
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Originally posted by Maslins View PostMy understanding is jamesbrown is right on this. Big corporates can't get around the rules by using a dozen individually small agencies.
Having just watched a webinar on this, one thing I hadn't really considered before (sorry if everyone else had and I'm slow on the uptake) is that the majority of this impact may be at the lower end of the contracting world (where most here wouldn't even call them contractors). By this I mean those around minimum wage, where they are arguably being exploited by the end client. Why pay NMW and employer's NICs, plus giving them all the legal rights that come along with it, when you can convince them to accept £5/hour as an independent contractor. So perhaps the tax gain for HMRC isn't really IR35 related on the higher earners, but getting modest amounts of PAYE/NICs from companies using very low earners.
So it's not a common viewpoint but I can see why HMRC are using it to justify pushing things through and extending it to small firms later...merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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"small" organisations
Originally posted by Maslins View PostMy understanding is jamesbrown is right on this. Big corporates can't get around the rules by using a dozen individually small agencies.
Having just watched a webinar on this, one thing I hadn't really considered before (sorry if everyone else had and I'm slow on the uptake) is that the majority of this impact may be at the lower end of the contracting world (where most here wouldn't even call them contractors). By this I mean those around minimum wage, where they are arguably being exploited by the end client. Why pay NMW and employer's NICs, plus giving them all the legal rights that come along with it, when you can convince them to accept £5/hour as an independent contractor. So perhaps the tax gain for HMRC isn't really IR35 related on the higher earners, but getting modest amounts of PAYE/NICs from companies using very low earners.
I guess this will be tested in court at some point. If the contractor engages directly with the big corporate client, then yes, but f they engage through an agency, we will have to wait and see. Remember, IR35 itself is not changing, just the rules as to who makes the determination is.
I can see some contractors challenging an inside determination in the ET when their contracts have finished. HMRC wouldn't be able to interfere then, just as they weren't able to in the two recent cases where contractors won.Last edited by JohntheBike; 21 December 2018, 12:17.Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View Post" if the client meets the criteria"
if the contract is with the agency, then the agency is the client, as they are required to make the deductions. There is no contractual nexus between the contractor and the client under this structure. However, it's a moot point.
"Anyway, small clients will most likely be in scope too from, say, April 2021 or 2022"
possibly, but a lot of water will go under the bridge before thenComment
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Optimistic?
Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostI fear you are wildly optimistic on both counts. Of course, wait for the legislation, but this isn't about the contractual relationship, it's about tax law (ITEPA); the whole point of IR35 is to look through all the intermediaries in the chain and establish whether the *hypothetical* contract looks like one of employment. They will be looking at the end client w/r to size criteria.
"it's about tax law"
which is why I contend there will be many more ET cases raised, where tax law will not be considered. We've already had two recent cases, where HMRC effectively lost.Comment
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My guess is, if it can of course be considered legal, that agencies and clients will attempt to put clauses into contracts which somehow state that the contractor is unable to take them to an ET either during the contract or once it has finished. I don't know how the legal system would actually view this but while I think it's fantastic the cases that have been brought so far, I think that HMRC and the Government are playing a numbers game here in that even if say 70% are deemed inside who would have once been considered outside then even if there are a few court cases or tribunals, it makes more sense for HMRC to advise people to settle rather than a test case being brought for the good of the industry.Last edited by ShandyDrinker; 21 December 2018, 21:36.Comment
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Originally posted by virtualtechie View PostHow do you see this progressing, will PERM jobs be the only option then as contracting (without any financial benefits of contracting) wouldnt make much sense.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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