OP, my business is very like yours. Can you get overseas clients? I've wound down all my UK clients. Turned down three UK contracts in the last two months, told them I'm not getting involved in the UK right now until they get themselves sorted on IR35 and stop the stupidity.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostIt's starting to feel like there's some form of collusion going on, with the main banks all basically doing the same thingmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostFollowing what the very nervous person in a competitor doing isn't collusion - it's following the (best) practice set over there.
Whose to say that the banks haven't all had a chat and agreed a united approach?
Nah, that only worked for LIBORComment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostThat's the generous way of looking at it.
Whose to say that the banks haven't all had a chat and agreed a united approach?
Nah, that only worked for LIBORmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostYou won't find collusion and even if you did I suspect the people organising it will be HMRC's advisory teams.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostThat's the generous way of looking at it.
Whose to say that the banks haven't all had a chat and agreed a united approach?
Nah, that only worked for LIBOR
Also 99% positive the blanket approach will be short term. They'll struggle with recruiting talent, and if they go down the outsourcing route, they'll make the KLF look like amateurs when it comes to burning through money with no output.Comment
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Originally posted by krytonsheep View PostAlso 99% positive the blanket approach will be short term. They'll struggle with recruiting talent, and if they go down the outsourcing route.Comment
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Originally posted by technobabble View PostI do wonder what happens if they struggle after April, if one bank breaks ranks this united approach might crumble.
I don’t think they will struggle one bit
Except the 0.01% of niche skilled contractors
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I would love to think all this news would make HMRC sit up and make them consider the wisdom of their ways...
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Originally posted by simes View PostI would love to think all this news would make HMRC sit up and make them consider the wisdom of their ways...
(/Joke)merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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