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    Going to the Darkside - what to do with Company any ideas

    Just to add sorry I never edited the post to add that, cant see any reason why I would need to do that
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    Going to the Darkside - what to do with Company any ideas

    Thanks and that is why I asked on here to get excellent advice.....I never thought about the company tax element As the role will not start till end of October, 5 months in this tax year not sure that I would be pushed into HT bracket but will check with the accountant Thanks again some great...
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    Going to the Darkside - what to do with Company any ideas

    Hi Been out for 6 months, I have been approached by previous client for a perm role £70k plus share pension medical dental etc, remote working and work is easy So not a bad package Not what I was getting as contract obviously but ok I am going to keep my LTD open in case I go back but I was...
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    sow contract - examples

    Hi I have been determined as outside but the client will only engage on a SOW milestone based contract of which I am ok about. Does anyone have any examples? I have seen their draft assignment and it refers to a day rate based on a number of delivery milestones. Has anyone done this yet if...
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    New Accountant - advises against income splitting

    Thanks for the comments, currently I don't pay her an excessive amount at all and she is a shareholder. I think the accountant is a risk adverse and will talk to them. i am not too worried either way but your are correct this is interesting
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    New Accountant - advises against income splitting

    They basically said that they advise not to do this. She has no other earnings and I was paying minimum earnings to be tax efficient
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    New Accountant - advises against income splitting

    Hi the new accountant is one of the ones recommended in the thread that was why i went for them plus the use of freeagent. Thanks
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    New Accountant - advises against income splitting

    Hi Just binned my old accountant for a new one. The new one have advised me against paying my wife a salary something which my old accountant advised me to do. Any advice? or Thoughts? thanks
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    State of the Market

    Been on the bench 3 weeks (2 of which were holidays). I have had plenty of calls from agents, averaging two a day, "great CV", "I'll put your CV across to my client", "get back tomorrow", "Would you be interested in "... then all goes quiet. Seems like there are a few roles out there but the...
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    Boom boom boom sigh.

    Good luck hope it all goes well for you
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    Recruiter Tricks - new one on me

    Hi just landed a new gig start next week. I have been looking for a month after having the summer off. It was quite a hard month having 5 sets of interviews before nailing this one. Still waiting for feedback from two of them I spoke to my old client, who I get on really well with, as he has...
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    Mobbing/Bullying?

    Well done to u for taking control back. having been bullied in my permie days twice I can appreciate what you must have felt like. Anyone can be bullied and I am 6ft 4 !! Good luck finding the next role and remember that u are good at your job:wink
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    Searching for new Contract

    surely the fact that it has been discussed here counts as a consultation:smile
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    Searching for new Contract

    Do you know I have just logged in to ask if anyone had got GPDR accreditation as i have seen a number of contracts wanting it lately. So many thanks for this nugget and i will definitely do this
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    Best way to respond to criticism as a contractor

    had similar once, after 3 days in a role. I just pointed out that there was no hours in my contract and I was in the office before and after the other PMs. He also critcised my dress code. It was a casual office where people wore shorts and flip-flops. I wore smart jeans and polo shirts -...

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