Delays in public sector projects are due to bad advice and one track approach led by big outsourcing consultancies that rip off the tax payers.
The ir35 changes were circumvented through departments tendering big projects to fixed price delivery through consultancies who in turn hire freelancers that are automatically deemed outside of ir35 due to fixed price project.
HMRC are chasing individuals but should look at the government departments who have found this loop hope to get freelancers on board through outsource companies who deliver poor value for money and don't come under ir35 scrutiny.
Rather than claw back deemed taxes the tax payer ends up paying more now since the changes in ir35. The ir35 contract checkers also get to make more money usually costing £100 to £200 per individual tested by public body for compliance. That because the public body Just get third party to check things for them as they want to devolve judgement to external party.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
