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    Business car lease, paid from personal account.

    Hi All I am a contractor, contracting through my own limited company. I have found out a great car lease deal which is only available to business users. I have two questions here -- 1. its a car with 15% BIK, £21000, 84g co2 ------- would it make sense to get this car on a lease in company...
    • muds
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    • benefit in kind car lease company car contractor
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Accounting / Legal
  2. I

    Advice needed on accepting a contract in The Netherlands.

    I am a contractor operating as a UK Limited company. I have signed a contract with a UK based agency who is paying me in euros into my business UK bank account. However, the contract is to work on site in The Hague Netherlands. Prior to this, there was a contract to work onsite in Brussels. I...
  3. B

    Contractor Agreement Expired

    Hi all, just hoping for some advice/input from anyone out there really. Im a web developer, i run my own business. Back in November 2015 i signed a contractor agreement with another web development company, the idea being that they needed me to help them make a new website for a previous...
    • beardied
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    • contract agreement contractor contractor services legal advice legal agreements
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Business / Contracts
  4. A

    Help.... lost...tax....aaaagh contractor/permanent

    Hi, I have paid tax and ni on job that i was made redundant from in this tax year, i am starting to do some contractor work in the same tax year. i am reading that i will pay 2 lots of ni one as employer and one as employee amounting to approx 25% plus my tax which seems a lot and a little...
  5. S

    First Contract role in the Uk - advice required

    Hi Forum Members, British citizen - I have spent the last 3.5 years in Aus and contracting there. I have moved back to the UK and just got a contract at a bank. First time for me contracting in the UK - set up a Limited Company this week and have been contacted by a company called Darwin who...
  6. J

    The "Can I claim... through business expenses?" thread

    I understand this topic has been discussed previously. But I have different scenario here and hope someone here can help. So I have recently started a contract with a company and the company promote being active and health, so they gave us a pedometer and target to track our activities on daily...
  7. R

    Getting paid after two months

    This is my first post so allow me to describe my current situation. I started working as a contractor the 17th November 2014 for an automotive company here in the U.K. At the beginning I was getting paid with a "stepper plan" which means I would have worked for two weeks, raised the invoice the...
  8. P

    Taking redundancy and going back as a contractor

    I know this is a question asked time and again but I think my situation is slightly different to other questions I have seen on this topic. I currently work for a large International company as an IT Service Manager based in the UK. Until now there has been 2 roles - Service Manager and...
  9. J

    New CIS employee

    Hi everyone, I will start working as a subcontractor next July (2014) :smile Would like to know if you have any pointers on how to set up my trade? Cheers, Jay
  10. I

    Considering becoming a contractor

    Good afternoon fellow forumites. I was wondering if I could get some honest feedback from others that have taken the leap and become IT contractors. The company I work for (who shall remain nameless until I no longer work for them) have decided that the BI function that's currently provided...
  11. F

    Sole Director of a UK ltd - moving to Germany or the UAE

    I am a permanent employee for a PLC company in London at the moment. In March, I will be moving to Germany for another permanent job. I am resigning from the London position and it ends at the end of Feb and my new job in Germany starts in March. I will become at the same time a permanent...
  12. B

    UK and Netherlands TAX for Ltd company/PAYE etc

    Hi there I have just been offered a services contract in the netherlands, for around 6 months. I currently offer services/consulting via a Ltd company in the UK. Paying VAT and corporation tax in the UK. I pay personal tax on both my salary and dividends in the UK as a director. I am now in...
    • bnnnrd
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    • contractor corporation tax netherlands personal tax tax
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Accounting / Legal
  13. P

    Relatively new graduate looking to persue BA career, and eventually become contractor

    Hi guys, this is my first post on Contractor UK, just looking for some advice/direction. Firstly a bit of background, I recently graduated from university and I am currently working as a Data Analyst for a large utilities organisation. My long term goal however is to become a Business Analyst...
    • Prabs91
    • Thread
    • business analyst contractor daily rate graduate
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Welcome / FAQs
  14. P

    Pensions

    Hello In a previous employment, I was provided with a personal pension plan into which my employer made regular Gross monthly contributions(for nearly 10 years). I left the company 3 years ago and the plan has had no further contributions made to it. I have since setup my own Limited Company as...
  15. Y

    EU contractor in UK - taxes, legal, etc.

    Hi, this question has been asked many times probably, but I can't find clear & simple answer... I'm a IT contractor and I have a legal company registered in one of EU countries. It's a self-employment. I worked for few companies in EU. It was alway simple to charge them - just a invoice of...
  16. V

    Working conditions going to pot

    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 to work away...
  17. N

    Complete newbie - overwhelmed by the amount of information

    Hi guys! I have a simple question here but it seems that I have to go through tonnes of legal material to get some sort of answer, only to find out that the legal documents are full of ambiguities. I am a fully employed IT professional, paying taxes via PAYEE and it's always been like that as...
  18. T

    How to legally get out of an agency contract

    Hi guys, I'm fairly new to the world of contracting and I'm now into my second 6 month IT contract and I'm extremely happy that I took the jump. I've realised from talking to other contractors at the firm that many of them are contracted directly with the client and as such are better off then...
  19. T

    Unfair Termination of contract?

    Hi Was on a 6 month contract. Given a weeks notice as per contract in month 5. Told thanks for all the good work, did a great job but was not needed anymore as my work was complete. Found out another contractor has been moved from another country to replace me and the work i was doing...
  20. srennocks

    Anyone know any good IT Contractor sites in US, Canada, Australia ?

    Anyone got any recommendations for IT Contractor sites (equivalent of ContractorUK) in the US, Canada or Australia ? Been searching for a while but not found any equivalents of this site, anyone help ? cheers Steve Contractor Expenses iPhone App
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    • app contractor iphone news
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: General

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