Spent most of last year consulting to a Candian based firm.
Uhm, honestly, was all much of a muchness. They operated in USD (Because they themselves were consulting to a US firm), so to keep things simple I set up a TransferWise Dollar Account, and invoiced in Dollars. Was just easier all round, and I'd absolutely do the same again - I invoice $1000, they pay $1000 dollars, I reconcile $1000 dollars. Job jobbed, the only bit that's "complex" is the conversion to GBP, which in my case is simply a case of telling Free Agent what the result was.
As above, yeah, IR35 is technically a thing but realistically what are HMRC gonna do. And, let's face it, stating somebody is inside while working remotely for a firm thousands of miles away is a tall order to start with - yeah, it's not impossible, but it's hardly low hanging fruit.
Uhm, honestly, was all much of a muchness. They operated in USD (Because they themselves were consulting to a US firm), so to keep things simple I set up a TransferWise Dollar Account, and invoiced in Dollars. Was just easier all round, and I'd absolutely do the same again - I invoice $1000, they pay $1000 dollars, I reconcile $1000 dollars. Job jobbed, the only bit that's "complex" is the conversion to GBP, which in my case is simply a case of telling Free Agent what the result was.
As above, yeah, IR35 is technically a thing but realistically what are HMRC gonna do. And, let's face it, stating somebody is inside while working remotely for a firm thousands of miles away is a tall order to start with - yeah, it's not impossible, but it's hardly low hanging fruit.
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