dieseldave:
david2867:
I source my services out to haulage companiesAs well as the other good advice that you’ve received in this topic, there are a few ‘tests’ that will be applied to see whether you’re genuinely self-employed…
You need to have a number of different clients (several)
You need to be supplying kit/tools for the job.I’d advise you to ask an accountant, because everybody’s circumstances are a bit different, especially when it come to serious stuff like HMRC.
There are very few genuinely self-employed truck drivers, most of the genuine ones own their own truck(s) so please tread carefully, otherwise it might come back to bite you later.
This is nothing new. It’s been the case since IR35 was implemented a long time ago, it’s just that everyone ignored it as HMRC weren’t enforcing it. My suspicion is that from the HMRC end nothing with change and they still won’t be enforcing it, my reasoning being that HMRC have effectively passed the enforcement stick to the agencies the beat the drivers with as it is agencies that 95% of temporary drivers will be sourcing their work from. The remaining 5% who source their own work directly with clients as s/e will be ignored, though I must stress this is just my personal opinion.