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Handy info - thanks!!
Ha, that you are but a helpful one, in your own way. Sure it gets frustrating seeing the same things over and over but this is a great place to ask as chances are someone is browsing who just has that info to hand and can couple it with their own mini case study.
I'm in a similar boat (staying at dad's sometimes when contracting Mon-Fri) and as yet haven't put anything through the books as I didn't want him to get stuffed on certain things (sole-occupier council tax for one). He doesn't want to charge me anything but I'd like to give him a bit now and...
I was 'lucky' enough to know my agency's charge rate from the off... quite low really in 'only' scalping off about £3.50 an hour.
Not bad for them really as all they do is process payment. The client / place I work is my old company who I was perm with before going away travelling for a couple...
New to contracting (had a spell through umbrella - 4 months in 2005) and on returning to country got offered my old perm role back but through agency so after a few weeks of umbrella company I decided to set up my company.
I incorporated it in October, started trading in December and after...