But what it actually did is result in every single contractor at the end client being inside IR35 whether they should have been or not under the rules. In 11 years I had two IR35 inspections by HMRC … (View Post)

IR35 as it exists now is a real mess after the recent reforms. What it has done is transfer responsibility for Employers NI from the end user to the contractor. The result is that huge numbers of peo… (View Post)

Post of the day for quoting one of my favourite Spike lines from Buffy. Goes hand in hand with: "Did your life pass before your eyes? Cup of tea, cup of tea, almost got shagged, cup of tea?" (View Post)

Not really. That is exactly the point. There are many non nuclear options. Russian use of battlefield nukes could be met with active NATO participation in Ukraine for example. (View Post)

Yep we are going to be in the utterly stupid situation where the place that was the benchmark for time across the whole world no longer uses that benchmark itself. (View Post)