Yes...I'm on the fence whether it's a good thing overall (certainly part of me is inclined to think it is, even if it's accompanied by a big tax hike...
My views coincide with this post. Short answer is "no", I don't see that contractors can claim £30k tax free redundancy from their company (assuming...
Cynic would suggest they're hoping to snap up lots of potentially nervous/desperate ex contractors as PAYE employees. They can then be "sold" back to...
Like you suggest if final net assets end up being sub £25k, you can get CGT treatment via a cheap and cheerful strike off (no need for a formal MVL)....
My general view would be to keep the company ticking over a short while, until you're more confident of the future of your umbrella role. If 3 months...
Even I don't feel IR35 changes should be scrapped just to keep contractor specialist accountancy firms in business...and I'm of course going to be at...
I (wrongly) thought the introduction of the "dividend tax" was going to lead to the end of IR35. Ie acceptance that IR35 didn't really work, instead...