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Got a couple ... one running a Retro arcade app and another generic / network / Pi-hole type thing.
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Yeah this is very relevant coming from someone affected.
Current inside day rate of £650 quickly hits the marginal tax rate threshold so some decent planning needed. I just fire enough into my pension via salary sacrifice to stop getting there i.e. to maintain the tax free allowance that...
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Exactly what I've been doing when operating inside IR35 - you can definitely make it work very advantageously for you. Once you get to a reasonable amount in a SIPP the compounding is nuts....
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I'm not sure that SC is all that these days - I've held it a couple of times ... and still do technically until a year has passed from exiting the role that needed it. Can't say it really helped me when looking for my next role....
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Surely this has always been an option? Well it has been for my skillset anyway - I'm a PM [yeah yeah SKB, we exist] and haven't typically had any issues finding roles.
I finished one at the end of June ... had planned to have a few months off but got contacted by someone I have worked with...
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