> IMO the only people "dreading" the IR35 rules are the people still trying to dodge them. That observation seems vaguely circular. The dread is because someon

> IMO the only people "dreading" the IR35 rules are the people still trying to dodge them. That observation seems vaguely circular. The dread is because someone might be able to avoid the tax but has to do something inconvenient, or because there is a risk of misinterpreting the tax law's provisions. So yes, the people who dread a tax are exactly the people trying to avoid it. And this is the nature of taxes. The economics of society are largely structured by tax avoidance schemes, people put huge amounts of effort into not quite making a normal income for tax purposes.