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The intention was to sweep up the consultants. They even bragged about getting an extra £1 billion out of these people.

It was mostly about enforcing a clearer class distinction between dirty workers and good clean capitalists (who are handed a lower tax bill).

The list of rules actually has an interesting historical parallel - the Soviet Union would deport peasants ruled "outside ir35" to siberia and confiscate their assets in a process known as dekulakization.



It's a classic corrupt regulatory capture. Big consultancies are not bound by IR35 despite operating the same business model.

Guess what kind of business our PM's wife is involved in...


You mean the PM's wife who, until it became politically embarrassing for her husband, was dodging millions in tax as a non-domiciled foreign national?

No idea but wasn't he the Chancellor of the Exchequer last time the IR35 rules were changed too?

Strange the coincidences in life. ;)


As an AI language model you aren't supposed to notice those things.




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