Advice please

[spiral]

I got offered a job as an It tech in a school working through REED last year, it was meant to be temp to perm but so far it hasn't worked like that and i'm still temp till july. I have no intention of contracting and only took the job as i thought it would go perm. I didn't know anything about IR35 before i started this job.

Reed asked me to use an umbrella company. Which i am but i'm worried as the umbrella company say that i can claim for subsistence and travel every week but from reading on here that appears not to be the case. I only travel to work and back and never work on any other sites.

Reed are now trying to get me to use Giant or Focusedconsulting, as they are "HMRC compliant" apparently. When i phoned up Focused they told me i could claim £11.20 a day subsistence bumping my pay up by another £20 a week. But it doesn't seem right.

Am i correct in thinking that i cannot claim these expenses?

Is there anyway i can get reed to pay me through their payroll as it looks like i will be worse off without any claims for travel and subsistance.

Thanks for your advice.

[Money Money Money]

I got offered a job as an It tech in a school working through REED last year, it was meant to be temp to perm but so far it hasn't worked like that and i'm still temp till july. I have no intention of contracting and only took the job as i thought it would go perm. I didn't know anything about IR35 before i started this job.

Reed asked me to use an umbrella company. Which i am but i'm worried as the umbrella company say that i can claim for subsistence and travel every week but from reading on here that appears not to be the case. I only travel to work and back and never work on any other sites.

Reed are now trying to get me to use Giant or Focusedconsulting, as they are "HMRC compliant" apparently. When i phoned up Focused they told me i could claim £11.20 a day subsistence bumping my pay up by another £20 a week. But it doesn't seem right.

Am i correct in thinking that i cannot claim these expenses?

Is there anyway i can get reed to pay me through their payroll as it looks like i will be worse off without any claims for travel and subsistance.

Thanks for your advice.

I thought Giant "were" a MSC!

[spiral]

I thought Giant "were" a MSC!

Whats MSC? i don't know all this jargon, I just want a permenant job.

[freakydancer]

Whats MSC? i don't know all this jargon, I just want a permenant job.

why don't you get one then?

[mictech]

For the ammount of money you will be getting as a school tech after reeds cut. It would hardly be worth the effort to learn how to run a ltd. company deal with tax etc.

I would not normally recommend using an umbrella, but in this case use one like giant strongbox. keep it simple, concentrate on up skilling for a year then earn better money contracting in the private sector. Then switch to a limited company model.

[Troll]

Is it a girls school?

[spiral]

For the ammount of money you will be getting as a school tech after reeds cut. It would hardly be worth the effort to learn how to run a ltd. company deal with tax etc.

I would not normally recommend using an umbrella, but in this case use one like giant strongbox. keep it simple, concentrate on up skilling for a year then earn better money contracting in the private sector. Then switch to a limited company model.

Thanks this is what i thought really as it is my first proper IT job, I've been here nearly a year now and i love working here, just hate the crap pay and no holiday pay. I have been looking for other jobs in schools but they are hard to come by.

So am i right in thinking that i shouldn't claiming expenses?

[mictech]

After april with the umbrella you won't be able to claim expenses, unless you travel between sites or they send you on a course etc.

enjoy the school life for a while, but we all have to grow up sometime and move on. Unless your gary glitter.

[spiral]

Ok thanks for your advice.