"Representation"?

[cojak]

Am new to all of this and currently still a permie :P

Yes, and it shows.

Do not send you contract to HMRC.

As XLM says:

Rule 3 : Get your contract reviewed by professionals - http://www.bauerandcottrell.co.uk/

...and get yourself a decent accountant who will explain things like corporation tax and PAYE.

Actually, just go and read the stickies.

And if you mention the HMRC helpline one more time you deserve to get shafted.

(Bloddy newbies who don't listen to the advice they've asked for... )

Edit: Oh, so you listened. That's alright then...

[Cowboy Bob]

http://www.bauerandcottrell.co.uk it is then....

Can I expense this?? lol

Yes you can

[chuddy]

Anybody tried: Accountax

For contract review.

They seem to be a little cheaper. Any comments welcome

Cheers!

[XLMonkey]

I've used Accountax once - they were fine. tbh most of the contract review services that are advertised on the site here tend to get favourable mentions.

However, I would actually advise that you have a contract review done once, get a good understanding of the things that they look for, then do your own reviews in future. It's not that difficult to work out whether a contract is in or out of IR35.

The main use for these contract review services is that they tend to be quite good at getting the agency to change the terms if there is a problem (you can do this yourself as well, just depends on how good a negotiator you are)

[chuddy]

Thanks for the advice. This is going to be my first contract so I reckon I will let them run over things for me this time and then, as you suggest, try to do everything myself next time.