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Previously on "Accountants (Brooksons) says I'm outside IR35.. is that just sales talk?"
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It's really very simple, Brooksons are expensive for what they do and they have baggage no matter how you dress it up. There are specialist accountancy practises without the ex-MSC baggage for a lot less every month and you can pay QDOS for their TLC35 insurance. Job done.
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If you want to save some money join the QDOS freelance club for about £40 (or take out one of their other IR35 products) and you get three contract reviews a year for free. They even did mine the same day.
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Originally posted by chicane View PostMore like 0.6%. And not everybody here is on £430/day.
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Originally posted by Pacciae View PostQdos are better than Bauer & Cottrill + cheeper. You can take out their insurance on the back of their review + they will negotiate changes for you included in the price of about £50 instead of the rest who charge anything upwards of £180 or more in some cases.
I have used both Qdos & Bauer & Cottrill and each time Qdos got the job done quicker and cheaper than Bauer & Cottrill.
And I mean, £180 - wow! What percentage is that of the average three-month £27,000-value contract then... about 0.006% or threabouts?
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Originally posted by Pacciae View PostQdos are better than Bauer & Cottrill + cheeper. You can take out their insurance on the back of their review + they will negotiate changes for you included in the price of about £50 instead of the rest who charge anything upwards of £180 or more in some cases.
I have used both Qdos & Bauer & Cottrill and each time Qdos got the job done quicker and cheaper than Bauer & Cottrill.
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Originally posted by Hex View PostThere are quite a few reasonably priced independant services who will review contracts for IR35 status.
Some names for you:
Bauer and Cottrell
Accountax
QDOS
Lawspeed
AbbeyTax
I've used Bauer and Cottrell and AbbeyTax, both seemed good.
I have used both Qdos & Bauer & Cottrill and each time Qdos got the job done quicker and cheaper than Bauer & Cottrill.
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There are quite a few reasonably priced independant services who will review contracts for IR35 status.
Some names for you:
Bauer and Cottrell
Accountax
QDOS
Lawspeed
AbbeyTax
I've used Bauer and Cottrell and AbbeyTax, both seemed good.
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D&C: Direction and control. Does your boss come in and tell you what to do or do they give you a job spec and say do that. Do you have to ask for time off or do you say I wont be available on Monday?
That sort of thing.
In terms of asking for time off. hmm.. as a matter of courtesy I guess I would need to ask. Although for the time I have had off so far, I have not asked, I have just told them that I am not coming in. But that is because it is because of sickness or family emergencies.
MOO: Mutuality of obligation. Do you have to accept any work they offer you or do you have a specific area of work.
RoS: Right of substitution. Is it possible for you to send in a replacement or sub out the work.
Go read up on these subjects they are fundamental to your IR35 status.
About the only thing I got from your original post was that as you have had "expert" advice from Brooksons you would be exempt from IR35 penalty charges were you found to fall inside. HMRC may question Brooksons expertise status.
So basically I can't trust them and need to speak to an independent lawyer. I guess that is what you are all telling me!
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Brooksons and long barge pole, I usually use those words in the same sentence. They were a disaster last april when the MSC laws came in. 00's of guys went weeks without money. My 2 cents.
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Originally posted by Chugnut View PostWell, they were affected by the MSC rules and they had to change their business model.
So why were all these providers desperately trying to establish their status as non-MSC's post-legislation? Even various accountants were being accused of being MSCs. If they were just providing limiteds from that point forward, they'd be nothing to worry about, no?
Maybe it was just a headless chicken convention.
Brooksons were contractor accountants before they were MSCs, so I suspect they're pretty much up to speed on IR35 anyway
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