New Contract - Qdos Reviewed - Now on to agency negotiation

[GillsMan]

Join the PCG then. Unconditional cover for any tax investigation, £220 a year, to include assorted extra benefits. Total no brainer.

HTH

Wait, I am a PCG member... I need to go through what my benefits are!

[psychocandy]

Join the PCG then. Unconditional cover for any tax investigation, £220 a year, to include assorted extra benefits. Total no brainer.

HTH

Fair does. But would PCG really fight your corner if you entered into a contract which you knew was suspect as far as IR35 was concerned?

[TheFaQQer]

Join the PCG then. Unconditional cover for any tax investigation, £220 a year, to include assorted extra benefits. Total no brainer.

HTH

If you are in a contract and environment which is IR35 caught, then what is the point of getting the PCG to fight it?

[northernladuk]

If you are in a contract and environment which is IR35 caught, then what is the point of getting the PCG to fight it?

This was my thought as I was reading through as well. This one makes me more nervous that most IR35 help threads as the contract mentions processes which are not IR35 friendly. It is ok taking the wording out about the expenses but a waste of time if you still have to do them. Claiming you are outside on this one is a ticking time bomb IMO. You wan't to be investing in a rabbits foot, sprig of heather or a set of good quality rosary beads, not IR35 insurance.

[malvolio]

This was my thought as I was reading through as well. This one makes me more nervous that most IR35 help threads as the contract mentions processes which are not IR35 friendly. It is ok taking the wording out about the expenses but a waste of time if you still have to do them. Claiming you are outside on this one is a ticking time bomb IMO. You wan't to be investing in a rabbits foot, sprig of heather or a set of good quality rosary beads, not IR35 insurance.

Given we have a member who doesn't know what the benefits actually are, can I just recap for the hard of thinking (and apologies in advance fo the blatant plug, but it's something I believe in)...

PCG Membership provides professional representation for any IR35-related investigation. The only caveat is that you are not already being investigated, which is only fair. There are no other conditions.

Plus adds the same cover but for any tax-related query, be it PAYE, S660, VAT, Business Records checks, expense claims, whatever. The idea is to stop an IR35 hapening. It adds in stuff like agency insolvency cover and jury service cover (for free...). It is also unconditional.

PCG also gives you access to assorted experts and the whole library of expertise on anything and everything to do with being a contractor, from legals to car hire. Follow their advice and you will rapidly work out why IR35 is such a non-event for 99% of Ltd Co contractors.

Also remeber that PCG does not sell insurance, and you don't get an insurance policy. They insure themselves agains the costs of supporting their members, which average around £10-15k a time. They also have a warchest big enough to take any case up to the European courts should they have to.

Like a said, a no-brainer. JFDI.

[diesel]

I use Qdos to review all my contracts. Last time they reviewed my contract from a very big agency (NES) and picked up a few flaws from IR35 perspective, despite NES arguing their contracts are IR35 compliant. Anyway i made it clear to agency i cannot sign unless they amend the terms as per Qdos comments. They took a week to do this each time trying to fob me off "our legal team have checked this... " blah blah usual agency waffle. Then i said if you want me to sign change or i will tell client and use another agency in fair manner. Result got them to agree to all the Qdos comments and amend the T&Cs within a few days!!