I work for a construction company providing engineering and compliance advice (not approvals), all of the design engineering work and approvals are contracted to external Engineering Consultancies. My employer is not interested in holding the insurances necessary to complete the work 'in house'.
I am looking at opening a small consultancy (pty ltd) and can provide design and engineering services to my employer carrying the necessary insurances etc. My employer would represent a significant part of the revenue in the first couple of years but there would be other clients and likely employees further down the line.
Would the ATO consider this as disguised employment or see this as a form of tax avoidance? Is there enough arms length?