dangerousdan:
Mike-C:
dangerousdan:
Recruiters face inquiry over £390m 'tax avoidance' schemeThis was about a year ago and specifically mentions “gangmasters”, did you ever find out the outcome of the enquiry
outcome of the enquiry way above my pay grade
Good one Dan, Tackling Tax Avoidance Offshore !! You didn’t just google that did you ? 
I reckon the only people contributing to the economy are immigrants, everyone else has flagged out !!
Why not just reduced the base rate of tax for all, and scrap offsetting any part of it… Fair for anyone - except those who don’t intend ever paying any taxes of course…
The article is over 18 months old and have HMRC actually done anything? There was a fair bit in the news generally about this, mainly to do with bogus S/E cleaners etc. Bogus S/E drivers employed under umbrella schemes were not brought into the equation simply because that whole scam was sanctioned by HMRC - when I was first offered one of these many years ago, certainly before this article, I could not get a straight answer about the main issue of working for only one employer (the agency) but being classed as S/E - every advisor I spoke to said that it was ‘OK’ but refused to put it in writing or even point to the section of law that sanctioned it. It was easy to shine the spotlight on small cleaning companies, but to shine it on the big supermarkets and logistic companies would be way beyond HMRC’s remit so it allowed, simple as that.
I’m not driving any longer, simply because I could not find an agency around here that would offer any sort of flexibility, they only wanted 45 hour+ guys at an average of £10 S/E flat rate, and our eastern european cousins are happy to oblige.
I can’t see things changing in the near future, I’m 55 and even though I’ll keep my entitlement (I’ve even got my DCPC, simply because ‘I’d started, so I’ll finish’), I can’t see me ever returning to driving, I can earn more for less hours anyway in my current trade.
Andrejs:
Limited company and LGV drivers as well not forevers.early or later they make pressure to reduced number of limited company.if drivers work for different agency,company should be ok.but if drivers work for same agency 2-3 years really legally/not legaly
If the driver works for same agency 2,3 years is perfectly legal always that meet the requirements and do
everything possible to ensure that they remain legitimately outside of IR35.
To determine whether you are caught by IR35, the Revenue will look at both the written
contract between your limited company and the agency and the actual working practices, i.e.
the way the work is performed on a daily basis, REGARDLESS IF YOU WORK FOR THREE OR EIGHT AGENCIES. HMRC WILL HAVE A LOOK INTO every contract SEPARATED.