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Airline Pilots? Really?

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    Airline Pilots? Really?

    Hey All Fellow Lurgyists,

    I was chatting to a recruiter tonight and the inevitable topic of IR35 came up. He briefly mentioned something about it having started out a long time ago as a piece of legislation to catch airline pilots avoiding tax.

    Any truth in there?

    #2
    No.

    Why on earth are you listening to anything an agent says?
    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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      #3
      IR35 was mainly introduced to give recruiters another subject on which to BS.

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        #4
        Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
        IR35 was mainly introduced to give recruiters another subject on which to impress the gullible.
        FTFY

        Bet he had a right laugh with his mates when he put the phone down.

        Last edited by northernladuk; 24 March 2020, 01:09.
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #5
          Originally posted by jammer View Post
          Hey All Fellow Lurgyists,

          I was chatting to a recruiter tonight and the inevitable topic of IR35 came up. He briefly mentioned something about it having started out a long time ago as a piece of legislation to catch airline pilots avoiding tax.

          Any truth in there?
          No. The Treasury came up with the wheeze in the 90s, but the Tory government's told them to stick it. It wasn't until Labour gained power with a bunch of easily house trained, inexperienced politicians, that the civil servants were able to start implementing it.

          I remember man. I was there.
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #6
            Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
            No.

            Why on earth are you listening to anything an agent says?
            HAHA!

            I had to, he was on my phone!

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              #7
              Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
              IR35 was mainly introduced to give recruiters another subject on which to BS.
              HAHA! Yeah, indeed.

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                #8
                A mate of mine is an airline pilot contractor.

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