Contract review costs

[malvolio]

You think a 24 hour contract review is expensive. Wait till you see how much he's going to charge you for that advice.

But worth every penny of course...

[northernladuk]

You are correct, of course.

You think a 24 hour contract review is expensive. Wait till you see how much he's going to charge you for that advice.

[SteelyDan]

Bad thinking, imho. Compare a couple of hundred quid against the earned value of the average gig - somewhere around £25k - and it is hardly significant. And there is a lot more to a contract than IR35: how many posts do we see about delayed or missing payments, conditions that people hadn't realised they were bound by, abrupt terminations and the like? Far more than we ever do about IR35 (most of which are based on incomplete understanding anyway).

You want to be a contractor, behave like a business. Price and cost are two different things.

You are correct, of course.

[malvolio]

Yes that what I was seeing, but others above in thread seemed to disagree with that.
Yes, I'd want it done sharpish, so cost would increase accordingly; not looking for a full review just the assessment, which I think will be sufficient.

Bad thinking, imho. Compare a couple of hundred quid against the earned value of the average gig - somewhere around £25k - and it is hardly significant. And there is a lot more to a contract than IR35: how many posts do we see about delayed or missing payments, conditions that people hadn't realised they were bound by, abrupt terminations and the like? Far more than we ever do about IR35 (most of which are based on incomplete understanding anyway).

You want to be a contractor, behave like a business. Price and cost are two different things.

[SteelyDan]

From what I can see QDOS charge £49 for a "contract assessment", or £125 for a "full contract review". May be extra if you want very swift turnaround.

Yes that what I was seeing, but others above in thread seemed to disagree with that.
Yes, I'd want it done sharpish, so cost would increase accordingly; not looking for a full review just the assessment, which I think will be sufficient.

[Maslins]

From what I can see QDOS charge £49 for a "contract assessment", or £125 for a "full contract review". May be extra if you want very swift turnaround.

[SteelyDan]

Same.

For a written, detailed one I'd think closer to £100-150.

I started to fill in their online form to get a quote for the cost of the review but it then started to get a bit complex before I could actually get a quote, so I'll just call them at some point this morning.
Why are these things never easy?

[Invisiblehand]

It’s cost me twice as much as that in the past for a 24hr review.

Same.

For a written, detailed one I'd think closer to £100-150.

[SteelyDan]

It’s cost me twice as much as that in the past for a 24hr review.

I'll give QDOS a call & see what's what...costs seems to vary quite widely from what I saw this morning.

[cojak]

It’s cost me twice as much as that in the past for a 24hr review.

[ladymuck]

Ok ok, most cost effective, qdos, other? I've seen £50/£60 which I think was for 24 hrs turnaround...sound typical? Who do you use for this?

I've not seen an expedited contract check that cheap. Especially not one that will do a proper review rather than a tick box exercise of key clauses. Make sure you're comparing apples with apples when looking at what you're getting for the money.

[SteelyDan]

You want the cheapest with this clusterf**k going on?

Get it in to QDOS, pay the peanuts it costs and get on with you gig.

Ok ok, most cost effective, qdos, other? I've seen £50/£60 which I think was for 24 hrs turnaround...sound typical? Who do you use for this?

[northernladuk]

You want the cheapest with this clusterf**k going on?

Get it in to QDOS, pay the peanuts it costs and get on with you gig.

[northernladyuk]

Anyone know/suggest the cheapest 24hr turnaround contract review (for IR35) service? Any discounts available anywhere? Cheers.

The old man will do it for a fiver and throw in a happy finish, but this may be one of those cases where cheapest is not the critical consideration.

[SteelyDan]

Anyone know/suggest the cheapest 24hr turnaround contract review (for IR35) service? Any discounts available anywhere? Cheers.