I have an offer to do some one-off freelance work for a North American client. It's basically preparing technical questions for an IT exam and reviewing already submitted questions. The cash is not great, but I could do this work in my sleep, and there may well be more lucrative gigs in the future with the same client.
I've worked with US clients in the past, but always through a UK-based agent. Qdos told me they'd charge me plenty if I want to do this directly, as their pro indemnity stuff has lots of strictures about US-based clients. The contract is not a typical trying-to-be-exempt-from-IR35 contract with a clause to redo crappy work at my own expense (there is nothing about rewriting crap questions or crap reviews).
Just looking for some advice, if anyone's done something similar in the past. Options seem to be:
- Do it privately/as an individual and log it appropriately on my self-assessment. (This may be totally reasonable but a lifetime of IR35 paranoia dies hard).
- Do it via the limited and probably pay most of the fee to Qdos for the privilege.
- Ask an agent with whom I worked for a US client in the past if they want 10% to remove the hassle. (This is definitely the option I'd pursue if there are bigger engagements in the future, but it's also doing their job for them).
I've worked with US clients in the past, but always through a UK-based agent. Qdos told me they'd charge me plenty if I want to do this directly, as their pro indemnity stuff has lots of strictures about US-based clients. The contract is not a typical trying-to-be-exempt-from-IR35 contract with a clause to redo crappy work at my own expense (there is nothing about rewriting crap questions or crap reviews).
Just looking for some advice, if anyone's done something similar in the past. Options seem to be:
- Do it privately/as an individual and log it appropriately on my self-assessment. (This may be totally reasonable but a lifetime of IR35 paranoia dies hard).
- Do it via the limited and probably pay most of the fee to Qdos for the privilege.
- Ask an agent with whom I worked for a US client in the past if they want 10% to remove the hassle. (This is definitely the option I'd pursue if there are bigger engagements in the future, but it's also doing their job for them).
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