Advice and Experiences

[administrator]

Hi Harvey,

Pay is one of the most basic things and if you can spend twenty minutes working through the first timers guide then check item 13 - it states about pay.
First Timers Guide - for IT Contractors :: Contractor UK

If you work Ltd then yes you will need a business bank account and you will then take PAYE and dividends according to what your accountant tells you or what you feel like doing in regards to PAYE and NIC. We try to keep PAYE low to minimise NIC and then take the rest as dividends.

sal - if you feel a question is daft then don't reply. One NorthernLad is enough, it is a dark path - do not follow it. Turn back towards the light, sal. The light!

[sal]

Respect needs to be earned before it can be demanded. Asking simple questions, with answers that can be easily found on google, yet alone searching this specialist forum or going through the links already provided in response to your topic is not the way to go.

Cojak already gave you the short list of reading material, shooting more basic questions before reading through what was already pointed to you, speaks something about your personality.

I'm sorry if i made you fell uncomfortable, but this is not mumsnet. If a simple sharp response on a public forum is enough to put you off, you are in for a rude awakening when Agents and Clients start messing you around.

sal - if you feel a question is daft then don't reply. One NorthernLad is enough, it is a dark path - do not follow it. Turn back towards the light, sal. The light!

Oh noes, what have i done not NLUK, nooooo

[Harvey]

Hi Harvey,

Pay is one of the most basic things and if you can spend twenty minutes working through the first timers guide then check item 13 - it states about pay.
First Timers Guide - for IT Contractors :: Contractor UK

If you work Ltd then yes you will need a business bank account and you will then take PAYE and dividends according to what your accountant tells you or what you feel like doing in regards to PAYE and NIC. We try to keep PAYE low to minimise NIC and then take the rest as dividends.

sal - if you feel a question is daft then don't reply. One NorthernLad is enough, it is a dark path - do not follow it. Turn back towards the light, sal. The light!

Perfect - thank you for the information and pointing out the section I need to concentrate on. Really appreciate that
What you said makes sense and is putting me in a good picture.

Again many thanks for the great info.

[Grasser73]

I agree with Sal. You need strength of character to be a successful contractor. Mildly sarcastic answers on a forum, let alone the inevitable knock-backs to come, should all be water off a duck's back.

[Harvey]

Respect needs to be earned before it can be demanded. Asking simple questions, with answers that can be easily found on google, yet alone searching this specialist forum or going through the links already provided in response to your topic is not the way to go.

Cojak already gave you the short list of reading material, shooting more basic questions before reading through what was already pointed to you, speaks something about your personality.

I'm sorry if i made you fell uncomfortable, but this is not mumsnet. If a simple sharp response on a public forum is enough to put you off, you are in for a rude awakening when Agents and Clients start messing you around.



Oh noes, what have i done not NLUK, nooooo

Clearly I am writing in the wrong thread......oh no wait I did call it "Advice and Experiences". So if you are not going to give advice then please do not comment as the administrator has said.
I am sure you as a person who seems to "know" it all can use their time doing some actual work.

If I am in for a rude awakening then so be it. What doesn't kill you makes your stronger.

[malvolio]

Clearly I am writing in the wrong thread......oh no wait I did call it "Advice and Experiences". So if you are not going to give advice then please do not comment as the administrator has said.
I am sure you as a person who seems to "know" it all can use their time doing some actual work.

If I am in for a rude awakening then so be it. What doesn't kill you makes your stronger.

Oh good - another one.

It's perfectly simple. You may be very experienced in permie world, but you are about to embark on something where you are a rank amateur and you have no idea how much you don't know. You will get sensible and informative answers to questions, provided the question is not "Tell me something I can easily find out for myself".

I and others will happily work you through IR35, S660a, AWR, Onshore reporting regs, MSCs and any one of a dozen other complicated areas. I won't waste my time telling you how to get paid.

[TheFaQQer]

I'm sorry if i made you fell uncomfortable, but this is not mumsnet.

If you look at what happened when CUK took a forum holiday to mumsnet, you'll know we're a much friendlier lot here than over there.

You didn't see what I saw, man, it wasn't pretty...

[Harvey]

Oh good - another one.

It's perfectly simple. You may be very experienced in permie world, but you are about to embark on something where you are a rank amateur and you have no idea how much you don't know. You will get sensible and informative answers to questions, provided the question is not "Tell me something I can easily find out for myself".

I and others will happily work you through IR35, S660a, AWR, Onshore reporting regs, MSCs and any one of a dozen other complicated areas. I won't waste my time telling you how to get paid.

Enough said! Don't know what the point of that comment was when I already have my answer!?!
Thanks for offering to help if its related to IR35, S660a, AWR, Onshore Rep Regs, MSCs and any other areas
Anyway like I said, have my answer, stop wasting your time as I am from now on.

[administrator]

It's all well and good to tell the noobs to man-up, RTFM, learn to search etc but come off it, but forums exist for a reason. People post on forums to get help, save time or clarify what they have read. I am sure that each and everyone of us has had to ask for help at some point, or wish we had the help of others before we got bent over. Contracting is not a small step to take and it is a minefield - so let's be nice to the newbies please. If the only answer you can be bothered to come up with is to tell them to use the search or tell them that they now need to think on their feet etc the please just save your keystrokes on something more important.

[SueEllen]

Enough said! Don't know what the point of that comment was when I already have my answer!?!
Thanks for offering to help if its related to IR35, S660a, AWR, Onshore Rep Regs, MSCs and any other areas
Anyway like I said, have my answer, stop wasting your time as I am from now on.

You are only wasting our time if you ask a question which shows you clearly haven't read and understood the guides, and haven't learnt to search and understand the answers posted.

When I joined this forum and I spent a good few months using the search facility before I posted. If you do similar you can then have fun insulting other posters in General....