Ian Spectre has never liked spongers, especially those who get handouts from the state. The state pension has always been a particular bugbear for Spectre. He very much believes that…
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In this Ian Spectre blog we tell the story of the Loan Arranger, a story about the Loan Charge which came into force in April 2019 which sees the Government…
Ian Spectre was sitting in his new office in the Treasury. The office itself had become vacant following the death of James Fortescue-Simmonds. He started thinking about his favourite book.
Ian Spectre was reminiscing with James Fortescue-Simmonds over a cup of tea. They talked about how they had introduced Public Sector IR35 and then exempted HMRC to keep costs down. …
Ian Spectre suffered a bout of pneumonia in October and took an extended break in Spain to recuperate. He is now back in the UK and has just arrived at the…
Samuel Spectre was born in the UK in 1940 and trained to be a dentist. In 1965 he emigrated to the USA to make his fortune. Shortly after setting up…
Nigel Erd from IT was in Ian Spectre’s office and they were both looking at a print out Nigel had generated upon Spectre’s request demand. You see, Spectre likes to…
Ian Spectre suffers from insomnia most nights, surprisingly not because he’s a terrible person and his conscience keeps him awake, but because he’s preoccupied with thinking up new ways to…
Ian Spectre was not the first in his family to work in Customer Care. That accolade goes to his great uncle, Ernest Spectre-Phillips, aka ESP, a man with an uncanny…
Ian Spectre will tell you when he corners you that one of his finest moments was back in 1999 when he came up with what is now known as IR35….
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