Take a 45% cut post tax for a perm job to just about pay off the bills or wait?

[ziggystardust]

If anyone is considering a break after finishing a contract recently and is wondering what the market is like, well it's bad. Really bad. Having been on the bench late last year, then started a new gig briefly to then be diagnosed with a serious illness that laid me off work from March to June (yes...

[rootfox]

I just quit my full-time employment, formed a Limited company and started working directly with a client as a (what I believe to be) self-employed freelance IT consultant. I have just invoiced them for my first week's worked hours and soon expect my company to receive the payment.

I...

[Guest22]

I wish to employ my spouse as a salaried employee in my UK limited company. She's a non-EU citizen, resident in Holland where she has a work permit, and never lived in the UK. Is it possible to have a UK employment contract with her while working as overseas staff, so that she is subject to UK ta...

[comcontractor]

Hi,

I have an employee of a multination company. I have been made redundant from them now. My salary from this employment has been 33,000 GBP for 2015/2016.

I am about to start contracting via a limited company. I would be its sole director. I would be working from home....

[vortrail]

It seems, the dreaded 'control' factor is rearing it's head in my contract role.

I was told to drop contractor from my email sig as 'it didn't add anything'; many other staff are contractors.
Then colleagues and I received an email stating the hours of work and getting permission...

[Work2live]

New Ltd company and 1st post...

Ok I would like to employ my wife in the most tax efficient manner, this will be her only employment I am torn between paying around the £400 pcm and £600 pcm i think if i pay the 600 i then have to pay other charges (NI contributions etc?) and if i pay...