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dodgy_Dave · 03-07-2009, 01:18 PM

I've just had the oddest thing happen to me.

An umbrella company is refusing to... no, hang on, I need to go back a bit further...

Bloke gets his first contract. I tell him he needs an umbrella company, he finds one. The umbrella company get in touch. We send them the contract.

And we get a response that says

"In our opinion this contract falls within IR35 legislation. Therefore, unless it is modified to fall outside IR35 we will not be able to work with [contractor]"

I am absolutely flabbergasted. A company not taking on a contractor because the contract is inside IR35?? Have I fallen into some sort of parallel universe??

03-07-2009, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
dodgy_Dave Securing a killer contract User type: Agent Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 96 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Extremely confused... IR35 refusal I've just had the oddest thing happen to me. An umbrella company is refusing to... no, hang on, I need to go back a bit further... Bloke gets his first contract. I tell him he needs an umbrella company, he finds one. The umbrella company get in touch. We send them the contract. And we get a response that says "In our opinion this contract falls within IR35 legislation. Therefore, unless it is modified to fall outside IR35 we will not be able to work with [contractor]" I am absolutely flabbergasted. A company not taking on a contractor because the contract is inside IR35?? Have I fallen into some sort of parallel universe??