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by bnastic 2316 days ago
Contracting in London is as good as dead come April
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Haven't been following this too closely, but can I ask why? Is this because of some new tax rules implemented by HMRC?
Yes. It's a short term money grab that will have profound effect on financial services industry, pharma, construction, etc. After killing contracting in the public sector the time has come to abolish the one-man consultancy in the private sector. It's still there, but no client (esp. big companies) wants to put the risk of audit on themselves so they largely have a blanket policy of 'no contractors' in place come April.