The only contractors I have ever known (and I have known hundreds) - including myself - are "permietractors" as they are fondly known on this forum. We work within a team, doing exactly the same work that a permie would do, under exactly the same sort of job-related instructions, e.g. we use the same document templates or processes that a permie is supposed to use, and we are required to be in the same offices as the permies.
So if HMRC really came after us armed with their definition of "control", then 99.9% of us would get nicked.
Why then do HMRC pick the wrong battles? They seem to go after those 0.1% cases that are "genuine" contractors (i.e. who deliver a piece of work using their own processes, sitting in their own offices, largely outside the control of the client co), and then go on to lose the cases.
Anyone else mystified by this?
So if HMRC really came after us armed with their definition of "control", then 99.9% of us would get nicked.
Why then do HMRC pick the wrong battles? They seem to go after those 0.1% cases that are "genuine" contractors (i.e. who deliver a piece of work using their own processes, sitting in their own offices, largely outside the control of the client co), and then go on to lose the cases.
Anyone else mystified by this?
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