Training?

[zappakat]

Cool, just making sure I'm on the right side by rejecting it

[TheLordDave]

I was asked to do this my answer was 'if I'm not invoicing I'm at home' I have no interest in losing a day's pay to 'up skill' for my 'employer'.

Quite why anyone goes on training courses these days is beyond me.

[MicrosoftBob]

From an IR35 perspective that's fine and from a training perspective its okay if its useful training, but other than that I'm filing it in pisstake territory.

For it to be an allowable expense doesn't it needs to be training in something you already know ???

[SpontaneousOrder]

For it to be an allowable expense doesn't it needs to be training in something you already know ???

If you do Java and it's a python course, that's fine. If it's a bakery course then you aren't.

[cojak]

I was asked to do this my answer was 'if I'm not invoicing I'm at home' I have no interest in losing a day's pay to 'up skill' for my 'employer'.

Quite why anyone goes on training courses these days is beyond me.

To be able to charge an extra £100pd.

HTH.

[northernladuk]

I was asked to do this my answer was 'if I'm not invoicing I'm at home' I have no interest in losing a day's pay to 'up skill' for my 'employer'.

Quite why anyone goes on training courses these days is beyond me.

I think that wins the award for the most shortsighted ridiculous POTD. Maybe a course in trolling is required.

[psychocandy]

Hmm. Interesting one. Depends on how much the good the course would do for me I guess.

If it was useless for me and just good for client then nope.

If it was a brill course that was expensive and would look for me, then maybe.

Also depends if client is paying for hotels etc as well. Wouldnt want to be even furhter out of pocket for sure.

One intangible also. So client gets to save a weeks billing, they get you on the course they want you to go on. Quite a bit of good will there given by contractor....

[TheLordDave]

No course I have ever done has ever added £100 a day to my rate. Although I'm just a Dev your milage may vary if your higher up the chain. Saying 'I have been on a .net course' adds nothing over 6 years using it.

[tractor]

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No course I have ever done has ever added £100 a day to my rate. Although I'm just a Dev your milage may vary if your higher up the chain. Saying 'I have been on a .net course' adds nothing over 6 years using it.

If your client wants to send you on a course for something that you have been charging them for 6 years or more then you should be worried.

What if the course was effectively free to you and covered required conversion to a completely new version?

[TheLordDave]

If your client wants to send you on a course for something that you have been charging them for 6 years or more then you should be worried.

What if the course was effectively free to you and covered required conversion to a completely new version?

Why would a client send you on a course for a skill that you have been contracted to provide? If you have lied about a skill they will bin you and find someone else not train you up.