Comments on: Government IR35 study reveals extra taxes likely being raised “unfairly”

By: Stewart

Stewart — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:55:45 +0000

Many consultants in the civil engineering profession had to increase rates to keep contractors – this was then passed on to clients like National Highways and Network Rail etc – were these calculations included in the so called tax savings HMRC claim to have made ? Somehow I don’t think so

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:15:16 +0000

Will HMRC publish how much hey have lost in VAT from Banks and Insurers since IR35 rules were blanket applied to contractors within those industries?

I’d like to see that offset against the 1.8 billion reported gains.

By: XY

XY — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:58:05 +0000

HMRC said in consultations that they would “actively prevent blanket determinations” or words to that effect. Of course, they did no such thing, as ever.

There are other deterrents though, such as agencies now adding clauses into outside IR35 contracts that the contractor will indemnify the agency against “losses from PAYE” – passing the payer’s responsibilities back to the worker.

Qdos insurances don’t cover this (why not?) although a competitor’s offering does (Kingsbridge) – not sure about any others. I’ve lost confidence in Qdos over recent years, they used to seem to stand up for the contractor, but in the end you come to realise that all these firms have a vested interest in IR35 continuing… so that they can sell us more insurances and “expert opinions” (which we should learn to read as “vested interests”).