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Recent content by Dagger

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    On call/Standby - whats your approach?

    I try to push back as much as possible. Sometimes there is no avoiding it, in which case it has always been at my hourly rate * number of hours called out.
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    SJD Accountancy ongoing resource crisis - advice needed

    I'm getting PTSD reading this thread and remembering the pain and struggling it took to get SJD to complete my final accounts for liquidation. Over 6 months of lies and ghosting of my calls and emails before they finally managed to muster up somebody to get it done. I found the drop off in...
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    Coding assignments for a new role

    My current client has a very hefty take home assignment. Thankfully I don't have to do them ?
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    Leaving cushy gig for a huge rate increase?

    Yes, i've decided this is the route I will go down.
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    Anyone making money (or losing money) due to the war?

    I've been offered a very nice contract at an investment bank, but I'm very apprehensive to accept it given the ominous market conditions due to the war and the result of the economic sanctions to the global economy.
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    Leaving cushy gig for a huge rate increase?

    I will be working 100% remotely from overseas so IR35 will not apply to me. There is not much appeal to the new gig really barring the money and having very good relations with all the managers and senior staff. Its pretty hectic and demanding at times depending on the project. My biggest...
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    Leaving cushy gig for a huge rate increase?

    The age old question. I'm torn and need some sense talked into me by you good folk here. My current gig pays pretty mediocre compared to the current market rates at €500p/d. The work is pretty chilled and stress free compared to most other places I've been in. One of my old clients in the UK...
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    Entrepreneur's Relief, Moving Overseas and TAAR Implications?

    Just a little additional information on this. I would actually be contracting as a director of a German Ltd company which the umbrella company provide. I would still be paying PAYE in Germany as an employee of that Ltd company, just I would be classified as a director of the Ltd company for the...
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    Entrepreneur's Relief, Moving Overseas and TAAR Implications?

    Thank you for the replies, it is in line with my thinking.
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    Entrepreneur's Relief, Moving Overseas and TAAR Implications?

    Hello, I am looking for advice on TAAR rules around moving overseas and contracting for a UK client. I have liquidated my LTD company last September with MVL and availed of Entrepreneur's Relief (I completed contracting in March 2020). I will be moving to Germany and take up a contract with a...

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