What actually makes a contract genuinely Outside IR35 in day-to-day working practice?
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?
Deliverables rather than simply filling a role?
Being treated differently from permanent employees?
Contractors who have worked successfully Outside IR35: what does that arrangement look like in practice?
And for IR35/accountancy/tax specialists in the Community: what are the working-practice warning signs contractors frequently overlook?
Please keep this educational rather than treating individual comments as personalised tax advice.