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Thanks all. I eventually got this from the Umbrella and it was a AMS/PSR assignment schedule document signed between AMS and the Umbrella. That was all the lender needed.
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PSR will provide (either directly or indirectly, and very often both) an assignment schedule which will have the rates on it. The employment contract from the umbrella should reference the assignment schedule in some way, thereby providing all the lender would need.
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Originally posted by sreed View PostIs it the Umbrella or the Agency that can provide me the contract showing the day rate and start/end dates?
PDF File 1 : Most Umbrellas I have used have a web portal, on the Umbrella web portal you should be able to download the umbrella contract agreement as a PDF. Inside that agreement you should see start date and end date but it won't always be at the top or, end of the contract, both dates will be inside the body text and you will need to search for them.
This PDF File 1 is not the same as......
PDF File 2: On the same web-portal you might have an 'Assignment' button, this is a download to give you the contract PDF between you and your Agency, not the Umbrella.
If you don't have either of these files or, the basic details are missing (start-date, end-date, rate, notice terms, addresses etc.) you probably need new contracts issuing.
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Originally posted by Lance View Post
who said you should commit fraud?
Are you an employee? Yes.
Can you prove it with 3 months of payslips? Yes.
Due diligence on a basic mortgage check? Have you gone mad? They do ability to pay checks (because they have to by law), which are more about your debts, income and outgoings than your employment status.
No I've not gone mad. Any regulated lender in the UK will indeed do due-diligence on a mortgage applicant's income (and by extension the type of income) before lending them any new money. Perhaps they didn't prior to the GFC, but they certainly do now. At least, that's been my experience.Last edited by sreed; 20 March 2023, 15:07.
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The umbrella, rather than the agency, should be able to provide this information to you. Both of the umbrella companies I've used call the information 'Assignment Details' and it was provided to me without asking for it. My current brolly sends an updated copy automatically at renewal.
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Originally posted by sreed View Post
As per my mortgage broker, with reference to mortgage lending, day-rate contractors operating through an Umbrella company are treated very differently to PAYE salarymen. I wouldn't ever try to commit application fraud (intentionally misleading a lender on an application for credit) and in any case, any mortgage broker or underwriter worth their salt would pick up that I was a contractor when they saw that my "employer" is a large Umbrella or did any sort of due diligence on the applicant.
Are you an employee? Yes.
Can you prove it with 3 months of payslips? Yes.
Due diligence on a basic mortgage check? Have you gone mad? They do ability to pay checks (because they have to by law), which are more about your debts, income and outgoings than your employment status.
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Originally posted by Lance View Postperhaps you should not have told them you're a "contractor".
For their purposes you aren't. You're an "employee" and have payslips to prove it.
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Originally posted by sreed View Post
Much as I'd like to do that, unfortunately it's not my decision to make as to what documentation the bank will accept. They need some documentation (they're terming it a 'contract') that has my name, shows the day-rate and the start/end dates for the current contract.
For their purposes you aren't. You're an "employee" and have payslips to prove it.
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Originally posted by Lance View Postwhy not provide your employment contract, payslips and accompanying timesheets?
The actual contract between agency and umbrella may not be forthcoming as it's none of your business.
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why not provide your employment contract, payslips and accompanying timesheets?
The actual contract between agency and umbrella may not be forthcoming as it's none of your business.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe umbrella is your "employer" so ask them for the exact information what the bank has asked you for. Though they may not give you a copy of a "contract".
I probably just had bad luck with the agent responding to my query or they misunderstood it, I'll try again. I can't be the first contractor that's asked them for this.
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The umbrella is your "employer" so ask them for the exact information what the bank has asked you for. Though they may not give you a copy of a "contract".
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Where's my contract?
I've been contracting for a few years now but all outside-IR35 through my limited co. I'm currently on my first inside-IR35 contract, with a public sector end-client, agency is AMS/PSR and paid through an umbrella.
I'm applying for a mortgage and the bank has asked for a copy of the contract that shows the day rate and start/end dates.
I contacted the agency who said they can't provide any contract as my contract is with the Umbrella. The Umbrella gave me a copy of the employment contract (which seems to be a generic document) doesn't have the day rate or any dates beside the start date) and pointed me back to the agency for a contract which shows the day rate and start/end dates.
All the contracts I've worked have been between the end-client and my ltd.co. so I've never worked through an Umbrella before and have no clue who might be wrong above.
Is it the Umbrella or the Agency that can provide me the contract showing the day rate and start/end dates?Tags: None
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