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Like you said previously, clients will pay around market rates for a role. Market rates are obviously determined by supply/demand. If the majority of contractors in that market segment post April are prepared to accept lower rates as they can go outside IR35, then obviously the supply curve has...
Thank you for your well reasoned response. It's a possibility after April then that clients reduce their rates for the same jobs as contractors can now go outside IR35 so they would be prepared to accept those lower rates, in which case market rates would fall.
Added risk from having a large tax bill from HRMC if they deemed my outside IR35 role to be inside (assuming after April I started an outside IR35 contract). Added paperwork from setting up a limited company and doing the book keeping/getting an accountant. Though I am a newbie to contracting so...
Ah, ultimately I would hope to earn a sizeable amount more if I went outside IR35 given the added risk/potential paperwork. That being said, the role I am expecting an offer for is at £875/day. Therefore, the income of the outside IR35 daily rate would need to be a fair bit higher if I ever went...
No, not for no reason at all. Extra leverage because after April, the market may open up for outside IR35 roles, in which case the threat/chances of me leaving for a higher paying role increases.
I believe it would be for 12 months. Can't hold off accepting for 6 months but maybe I have extra leverage now in terms of the negotiation given the recent news...
To clarify, I currently work for an investment bank in a permanent role. I am expecting an offer this week from a different bank for a contracting role. This role would be within IR35. From what I've seen, pretty much all the contracting roles in banking in my field appear to be within IR35 (of...
Hi all,
I currently work in banking in a perm role. I am expecting an offer for a contracting role next week (which would be within IR35). This would be my first ever contracting role.
Given the recent news regarding IR35 rules changing from April 23, how does this affect my negotiating...