robbo99.:
The thing is HMRC are already enforcing IR35 in the public sector, ie BBC & NHS, they will next be going after the private sector but there lies a problem, 5.5 million workers work via their own ltd co and to come up with clarity and to enforce it on the 5.5 million workers may just come back and bite the government of the day in the bum, just like the attempting to increase ni for the self employed did.
The government can’t have it both ways. The Tories have been creaming their pants the last few years, with record low ‘unemployment’ figures, thanks to the “gig” economy which they’ve been pushing, to show us how successful they are. What they fail to admit is that most of those “gigging” are at best scraping a living, with no security what so ever. Perhaps the Treasury is now finally realised that people who don’t earn a living, can’t pay tax… So they’ll go after the few that can.
Luckily when we cut our ties with Europe, we can return to better days.