HMRC want to change that so contractors pay the same tax as the permanent employees, but without getting the same employment benefits.
Apart from checking nobody's paid below minimum wage, HMRC doesn't give a shit about employment benefits. That's a matter for DWP. Though they don't give a shit about them either - zero hours contracts and suchlike.
HMRC is trying to get contractors to pay tax that reflects their actual income. IR35 is a fucked up way of trying to achieve that. The problem is/was too many contractors and employers/clients taking the piss to avoid paying the tax and NI that should have been paid. There were and are other ways to sort out that piss taking. However HMRC chose IR35 and fucked up the enforcement of that fucked up scheme.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
