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What actually makes a contract genuinely Outside IR35 in day-to-day working practice?

We often talk about contracts being “Outside IR35”, but the written contract is only part of the picture. I’d like to hear views on what contractors should pay attention to in the actual day-to-day working relationship. For example: How much importance do you place on control over how the work is delivered? Substitution? Mutuality of obligation?…

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