Results of the public sector consultation is up

[youngguy]

A couple of interesting calculations on the Orange Genie webinar, one being they believe a PSC in the public sector will cost a bit more than using an umbrella and there will be no real benefit to keeping a ltd

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A couple of interesting calculations on the Orange Genie webinar, one being they believe a PSC in the public sector will cost a bit more than using an umbrella and there will be no real benefit to keeping a ltd

I suspect that there are right or it would be a very close run thing unless you can do you own accounts. The is however one reason for working via your limited company depending on what you want to achieve...

[youngguy]

The is however one reason for working via your limited company depending on what you want to achieve...

Don't tease me.......do you mean for private sector work?

[LondonManc]

I suspect that there are right or it would be a very close run thing unless you can do you own accounts. The is however one reason for working via your limited company depending on what you want to achieve...

A retrospective IR35 claim would be no doubt bolstered by using a limited company too, demonstrating that you're behaving as a business rather than a disguised employee.

[SueEllen]

There are people in the PS on weekly billing????

I was on my PS contract last year.

Though because the civil servants were too lazy to sign my timesheet it normally was bi-weekly.

[SueEllen]

Emmm.....private sector guy here, but the agencies normally pay invoices in fortnightly arrears don't they?

Direct billing; anybodies guess.

There is no "normal" whether you use an agency or are direct.

[Andy Hallett]

We do weekly billing in the Public Sector.

[Andy Hallett]

A couple of interesting calculations on the Orange Genie webinar, one being they believe a PSC in the public sector will cost a bit more than using an umbrella and there will be no real benefit to keeping a ltd

I'd tend to agree with their view.

[LondonManc]

We do weekly billing in the Public Sector.

As an aside, Andy, what are your thoughts on the latest Progressive gaffe that was on LinkedIn - an agent faking a cv to harvest jobs?

[fool]

There is no "normal" whether you use an agency or are direct.

Indeed. I do weekly but this is entirely based on agency policy rather than the PS client.

The direction we've been given is tulips hit the fan and they PS is looking at ways around this. I'm sure they'd say that either way and thus we shall see.