Reply to post: So they need another £37K p.a. to tread water

Tech contractors begin mass UK.gov exodus in wake of HMRC's IR35 income tax clampdown

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

So they need another £37K p.a. to tread water

"The supposed savings of £440,000,000 are coming out of someone's pocket - the contractor's pocket."

£440 meellion divided by 20,000 contractors is £22,000 per contractor.

A back of a beermat calculation says that at 40% tax, they need to increase their annual turnover by £36,667 to stay at the same take home pay level.

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