Today I listened to a presentation by the Inland Revenue on the new Construction Industry Scheme (CIS). Although aimed mainly at builders themselves it seemed sensible for me to hear what the Revenue had to say.
Not surprisingly I was the only accountant there.
The Inland Revenue don't like the use of self-employed labour in the building industry and if they had their way would make everyone an employee.
To "help" the building industry they are providing a web-based tool to determine workers' status i.e. whether a worker is self-employed or employed. What they failed to point out was that it was only their opinion. The business doesn't have to follow their "advice".
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