Reply to: Doodab

[cailin maith]

Please lay off Suity, at least he is trying. With 5 kids its not easy to go and contract with Germans but he knows his responsibilities and is doing his best.

Take it easy Suity, it will work out soon.

WHS

[MarillionFan]

Please lay off Suity, at least he is trying. With 5 kids its not easy to go and contract with Germans but he knows his responsibilities and is doing his best.

Take it easy Suity, it will work out soon.

Ah! Lining him up for the sucker punch hey?

[fullyautomatix]

Please lay off Suity, at least he is trying. With 5 kids its not easy to go and contract with Germans but he knows his responsibilities and is doing his best.

Take it easy Suity, it will work out soon.

[suityou01]

My sincerest thanks to chef, Doodab, Darmstadt, bb, ch, cj and anyone I may have missed for your help.

Xx

Suity

[aussielong]

A slow and lingering death is to good for you.

too

[cojak]

Try asking darmstadt, or Chef, or blasterbates, or Sysman for a bit of advice.

[MarillionFan]

I think bread is about all they'll be able to afford soon.

Hey, leave him alone. Once in Germany!



He's living all right!

[Cliphead]

I haven't worked in EU for a while but if I remember rightly my first gig I negotiated to be paid in Sterling and worked through my UK Ltd paying tax in the UK. There was a six month grace period before I had to put my head above the parapet with the local tax authorities but got around that with a stint in another EU country before going back to the original gig.

In summary, I don't remember the need for foreign accountancy services and just carried on as normal as I would in the UK. Agencies at that time were much better than now so flights and accommodation for interview and heading over for the gig were paid by them. I had an open biz class return ticket - start and end of gig, if I wanted to come home for weekends that was my shout and rightly so.

Rates were good in those days so no question about heading over, best coupla years contracting ever as the ClientCo's were great to work for.

[suityou01]

How are your short USD trades doing?

In business my arse.

A slow and lingering death is to good for you.

[d000hg]

But you are also the main bread winner and a couple of months earning something is better than burning a bigger hole in your piggy bank

I think bread is about all they'll be able to afford soon.

[aussielong]

Yes. Lots of contradictions and vagueries to send me spinning round in tiny circles





I'm in business to make a profit. If the costs of taking on a contract outweigh any acceptable profit margin then fook that.

How are your short USD trades doing?

In business my arse.

[FiveTimes]

Yes. Lots of contradictions and vagueries to send me spinning round in tiny circles





I'm in business to make a profit. If the costs of taking on a contract outweigh any acceptable profit margin then fook that.

But you are also the main bread winner and a couple of months earning something is better than burning a bigger hole in your piggy bank

[suityou01]

You have used the forum search haven't you... AYSYCOTBEA?

Yes. Lots of contradictions and vagueries to send me spinning round in tiny circles

Flouncing before the start of a contract? Is that a new record even for you!

I'm in business to make a profit. If the costs of taking on a contract outweigh any acceptable profit margin then fook that.

[SimonMac]

Ok I needed a quick excuse so went for half asleep. Blatant lie. The truth is I've been up since 6 reading and re-reading the IR35 bait that is my contract, and reading pages and pages of contradicting crap about taxation and freelancing in Germany.

Really close to not going as this is looking far too risky. Also fronting the cost of the flights, accommodation, Legal fees to straighten out this ******* contract mess and do the IR35 checks and now needing the services of a German account as well as my own accountant have nearly wiped out the first months fees.

EU, "union" , my arse.

Flouncing before the start of a contract? Is that a new record even for you!

[d000hg]

So the lack of clear and concise and uncontradictory guidelines on how to successfully contract in Germany without falling foul of IR35 or the German tax authorities is my fault

You have used the forum search haven't you... AYSYCOTBEA?