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I would be eager to know however.... :happy Nevertheless, this info will definitely change my view on determining/negotiating the hourly rate when it comes to an umbrella contract. Having said that, I have already made my calculations to have it handy when an offer comes along. ;-)
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Yes indeed, I had to acknowledge this at the time - that is why I said the whole idea was ridiculous. The Government has brought this to law, so employees can gain a little extra fund for retirement by getting employers to contribute into this. However they are losing their original point by...
Thanks for the info about Swedish Derogation - I did not know about that, however I did not have anything advanced on my payslip, but it is useful to know about this. :wink
Thanks, it was not really the point... I was talking about a mistake made within the calculations (have never assumed that I would not pay tax on it....).
Here is another "feature" from the same umbrella company in question: before I finished my contract with them they had deducted pension contribution from my previous payment before I had the chance to opt out from it. When I brought this up with them they said they had to do it and they would...
Thank you! This is exactly what I meant. I can only assume that some umbrella companies are not aware of how P45, FPS and EPS works..... (Especially that giving a copy of P45 to an employee has nothing to do with their legal obligations towards Full Payment Submission and Employer Payment...
I have finished my contract with previous employer and I told my umbrella company to send me the P45 ASAP (as soon as I get my last payslip) - they said it was OK, but now they are telling me that I have to wait until next month as their fiscal month will not end until then. Are we having a...
Thanks for your response. I appreciate what you are saying, but I have provided them with those figures you have mentioned in order to carry out their calculation....Nevertheless, see how it goes....
As I have got their quotation I was checking on the calculations as I did with others and first of all I was asking about their tax deductions as according to my calculation it should have come down to a few pounds in minus, but their illustration showed zero. So I wanted to know how was it...
NASA Umbrella service
NASA Umbrella service
I have asked this umbrella company for a quotation, which I received, but as soon as I ask for clarification they do not respond. They make the impression that they do not want people to register with them.... I was just about to do so, but they put...