Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire employees with 2nd jobs

Post by P5fRxh5kUvp2th » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 1:08 PM UTC

gsk22 wrote: post #172

yellow_lead wrote: post #127

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Technically yes, but depending on your location your public school system may be chronically under-funded, to the point where sending your kid to a public school would put them at a big disadvantage in high school or college (and so then for the rest of their life). Yes, you could move, but as it turns out properties are more expensive in good school districts.

I'm a product of one of the shittiest public schools in my state. While I attended, they were forced by the state to convert to an "international baccalaureate" school because the alternative was closing. I say that because yet, among my peers from that school, I count engineers, astrophysicists, doctors, IT workers, psychologists, pilots, and more. So I would vigorously argue against the idea that students who atten…

Post by VBprogrammer » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

PUSH_AX wrote: post #385

VBprogrammer wrote: post #188

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There was a significant part of the UK IT consulting market which was not really consulting though right? People turning up and doing the same job day in day out for months or years. At least in the IT industry people legitimately had some freedoms. I was amused to learn that a lot of lorry drivers were operating as contractors outside IR35. Not even those driving their own vehicles. The driving regulations make it p…

100%. I’m a contractor, and for many companies and recruiters it was a wink wink nudge nudge arrangement to keep a gravy train running. An element of that will return when the reform is scrapped.

Post by cjg » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 11:25 AM UTC

gnfargbl wrote: post #247

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Even with the current tax rates, it's not clear to me that it's a net tax gain for HMRC to push contractors to being permanent. A contractor typically charges VAT - which can more than make up for other taxes - especially if their day rate is higher than it would be on an employee salary.

The majority of IT contractors are going to be bringing in over £85k/annum, which means they're going to be registered for VAT, which means they will be providing VAT invoices to their client, which means their client is going to claim the VAT back from HMRC.

Post by moneywoes » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 1:16 PM UTC

smsm42 wrote: post #396

Pro tip: if you try to work in two places, and hide it from your employer(s), make sure neither of them is a company that actually collects personal information, including hiring information, from the whole nation you live in. If you do this, you are likely to have a bad time eventually.