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Lost money due to government dept "losing" my SC
If you got it in 2017 then it'd have expired after 5 years anyway wouldn't it, so you'd have needed to reapply this year anyway.- smatty
- Post #20
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Any clue how many of your fellow contractors are going inside?
Out of about 100 contractors I knew at last client, me and one other left at Xmas, about 10% believe the client will class them outside, maybe 10-20% intend to leave, 10% hoping it won’t happen and rest will roll over. That may well change as client still hasn’t officially said what they’re...- smatty
- Post #187
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Possible defense against retrospective investigation.
For me this was a big factor, even if you have legal and liability cover you still get dragged through a potentially lengthy, stressful and time consuming investigation where the outcome is not clear. You may be ultimately in the right, but personally I could do without that in my life!- smatty
- Post #15
- Forum: IR35 Reform
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Thinking of leaving IT over IR35?
Defecting after 16 years contracting, was going to take time off but spotted an ideal role in a financial organisation (new for me, handy on CV) that pays about the same as my previous rate inside IR35 (more if the client expected me to absorb the NI cost). Nearly went for a consultancy but...- smatty
- Post #30
- Forum: IR35 Reform
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PI/PL insurance safety critical software
Agree with the above, you'll just be auditing code against a spec. It's down to the license holder to verify the safety of the system they use it on. Your audit is just a small part of that overall chain. The threats from human error and even things like insider attack are well recognised so...- smatty
- Post #8
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Contractor to perm - how much money to expect (part timer)
Well some govt orgs give opportunities to get involved in stuff that private sector cannot, there's more motivations than just money ;)- smatty
- Post #38
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Converting PSC to preferred supplier list Consulting firm to remain outside of IR35
You may also get stuck with current agency contracts and clauses about not working at same client again for a certain period.- smatty
- Post #9
- Forum: IR35 Reform
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Contractor to perm - how much money to expect (part timer)
Day rates for my role were 450-650, perm roles tend to be 60-110k, typically below 80. Or 38 in govt which seems to be top of non management band. Depends on other things though, I've a young family now so would go low if the role is flexible.- smatty
- Post #30
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Is online banking safe on Linux?
I believe it to be safe, have used Linux for banking/business for years. Another Mint user here. I tend to go with safe use of the system rather than on-access AV products, anything dodgy happens in a VM, filter emails and web adverts/scripts/plugins, no copied software, basically attempt to... -
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NHS Digital owe £4.3 million for getting IR35 wrong
Wonder if they are likely to try and claw this back from the contractors themselves, or if HMRC will double dip by going after them all individually.- smatty
- Post #21
- Forum: IR35 Reform
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ok whos at O2?
No but it came back a bit later by itself. I only noticed about 2pm and was working at 4. Apparently they can roam for 999 calls, so that shouldn't be a problem. Sounds like it was an expired cert: https://mb.cision.com/Main/15448/2694397/959040.pdf -
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ok whos at O2?
It's not just data, I've got no service at all. They could well be in trouble here as they've lost their users ability to call 999 - that across 32mil endpoints is quite a big effect and could have serious impact. Be interested in knowing what has gone wrong to take things down this badly, not... -
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Public sector contracting
Seen a few PS gigs around here, rates seem to have gone up by £1-200/day. A lot of them are also advertising "outside IR35", but those ones also seem to be higher rate which is promising. From contacts in PS a lot of people have gone to private sector over the past few years and won't consider...- smatty
- Post #420
- Forum: IR35 Reform
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GDPR - has anyone done the training?
I did a day foundation course, since adding it to linkedin I've had a few approaches. There is demand as companies are trying to gear up for it, while it's true that the ICO may not know what it means in practice and until some of it starts getting tested in court then we won't either but...- smatty
- Post #4
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Working practices & uncooperative client-what else could be done to be safe frm IR35?
The cleaners are usually happy to sign it if you bung them £50 or service of equivalent value.- smatty
- Post #10
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
