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What happens if you don't pay Payments on Account?
Okay so I clearly should have had a bit more patience. Based on past experience I expected it to be very difficult getting through on the phone (especially at this time of year), but almost as soon as submitted that post I got through on the phone. They sorted everything with no issues, so it...- TheNewGuy
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What happens if you don't pay Payments on Account?
I've been contracting through an Ltd for years, but for various reasons this tax year I've taken zero salary and zero dividends. I've finally just got another contract, which is inside IR35 and so paid through an umbrella (i.e. PAYE). HMRC have calculated around £1k in payments on account based...- TheNewGuy
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Accountant recommendation threads inc local requests
Hi dreamy, I've been using BI Accountancy for nearly 3 years now (as a software dev contractor) and I've found them to be excellent. Michael McCullion is my accountant there and he always answers my (many) random tax questions about both my company taxes and personal taxes extremely quickly...- TheNewGuy
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What is Manchester's contract market like?
I'm an iOS dev with 4 years total experience doing iOS, which includes 1 year contracting so far.- TheNewGuy
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What is Manchester's contract market like?
Some mixed opinions here, but mostly stating it's not that great/very competitive. I'm leaning towards ruling it out now to be honest, it's hard to resist the land of plenty down here in London.- TheNewGuy
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What is Manchester's contract market like?
I'm not fixed on Manchester no, I'm just not too sure either of those cities have the critical mass necessary.- TheNewGuy
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What is Manchester's contract market like?
That's disappointing. It feels like the tech and startup scenes are growing up there, I guess not the contract scene though.- TheNewGuy
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What is Manchester's contract market like?
Currently living in London, but considering moving to Manchester. The biggest concern I have is what the contractor market is like in Manchester? As an iOS Developer in London there are always plenty of contracts available (barring the occasional lull in the market). From quick search it...- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
Lol, this is such a classic Internet forum post veering wildly off topic into angry rants 😂 As for agents.. I quite like setting off a few agents to do the legwork of finding my next contract, means when I'm out of contract I'm free do what I want with my time. I guess ideally you'd have just...- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
I guess so, still feels like I'm paying them their cut, not the client 😝- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
I didn't mean to suggest I have an aggressive stance towards recruiters. I do respect the job they do and don't mind paying them to do it - if I didn't I'd just not use them right! I'd prefer to protect myself from the more nefarious ones though, and from them harvesting my details to spam my...- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
Savage 😂- TheNewGuy
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
I thought you were clearly joking here, but from your other comments I'm not so sure :P Personally I find it easier just to not answer my phone to unknown numbers when I'm not looking, then checking voicemail if they leave - and calling back if it was a non recruiter. For recruiters I tend to...- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
Interesting, mixed responses then. The more cynical responses were much of what I expected the recruiters to be up to! I'll err on the side of not giving them my CV unless I'm actively looking. Perhaps if I'm struggling to get contracts in the future I may change that.- TheNewGuy
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Why do recruiters want your CV even when you've said you're not available?
Several times recruiters have been in touch and I've have not be available for months, or have just got a contract. Frequently though they still want me to send them a copy of my CV "so we can connect easier when I'm free again". Why? By then my CV will have changed. Is this some sort of...- TheNewGuy
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