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    Converting permanent salary to sole trader day rate?

    Hi all, I've been offered a day rate of £191 to equate to a permanent salary of £40,000 This seems to match what the calculators are saying, if I were OUTSIDE IR35. But I have moved from permanent to contractor for the same country, I would definitely be within IR35, if I were charging via...
  2. Jakes Daddy

    How does being inside IR35 work if you have staff?

    I am contracting for a large bank via an agency. As with most I'm bracing myself for the new rules in April 2020 and trying to understand any potential impact as best I can. I don't hold much confidence in the client and agency being particularly contractor friendly, especially given another...
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    office holders, MP's IR35

    While reading an item about hoildays and MP's, it seems for tax reasons an mp is described as an office holder, see House of Commons recess: How much time off do MPs get? - BBC News, in 2013 it was deemed that IR35 applied to office holders. As we all know anybody inside IR35 can not claim...
    • Bheleu
    • Thread
    • ir35 mps office holders
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: General
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    CL1 & IR35

    I was wondering about the status of CL1 contracts and IR35. I saw a lot of posts on here from circa 2015 that suggested all CL1 contracts were inside regardless of their clauses, and I'm wondering if that's still the case. I've been told I'm going to be offered a CL1 contract although I...
    • socrates
    • Thread
    • cl1 contract advice contract clauses ir35
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: IR35 Reform
  5. S

    Advice Needed: Contract to help out without concrete milestone

    Hello, Just needing some advice here regarding a potential contract via an agency. The nature of work is described as "helping out the team." I am expected to be rotated around within the company as per functional requirement. So there are no concrete milestones. The client is dictating when I...
  6. S

    Limited company status - post IR 35

    I work as an IT contractor through a limited company with myself and my wife as directors. My wife performs the role of a company secretary and draws a small salary. Once private sector IR 35 rules come into force, I will almost certainly start working with an umbrella company. I would still...
  7. E

    IR35 and 'work trackers'

    Hi, I am contracting for a large business (as a limited company). Recently, the company I am employed by has asked every employee fill out a 'work tracker' (for management purposes) whereby each employee has to fill in a tracked spread sheet, on a daily basis, every task they have completed...
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    Contract clause where Company indemnifies agency against IR35 losses

    Hello, I am the director of my own business providing specialist IT services. The location where the services are carried out and the way in which they are carried out is not determined by the agency or the client. The agency contract which I am being asked to sign includes the following...
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    Moving to the UK, prescreen Contract for IR35, LTD setup for efficient tax retention

    Hi all, I have been contracting in Germany recently, but alas it seems the market is quiet at the moment. I now need to turn my sights to the UK as the market is hopping. I am an Irish national. With regards contracts, when I receive one from a recruitment agency that they state is 'outside...
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    Taxman pays 41,000 people to be HMRC informers

    HMRC paid the evasion callers a total of £343,500, with individual payments historically depending on the ‘value of the tip-off and the quality of the result.’ Has any one earned money through this business?
    • RobScott
    • Thread
    • cheats hmrc informers ir35
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General
  11. B

    How to handle client process Re "requesting" WFH/Time off (IR35 warning bells)

    How to handle client process Re "requesting" WFH/Time off (IR35 warning bells) Hi folks, I've been searching/reading the forums for the past couple of days and just wanted to see if anyone else has had to attempt to coach clients with their ways of talking about their 'process'. I've started...
  12. B

    IR35 risk advice

    Hi all, long time lurker first time poster. I'm not looking for free legal advice, just an opinion from anyone in a similar position I got diagnosed with a chronic illness 3 years ago and 12 months later I left a C level position to go freelance, exclusively to control my work schedule. I...
  13. O

    Lorien trying to change terms of engagement at renewal

    I was due for renewal and 2 days for the renewal date Lorien told me they wanted me to sign a different set of terms and conditions (They said that they changed their term in May when they moved to a new portal system). I said OK, I'll get them reviewed. QDOS came back with a FAIL and over half...
  14. Syd

    No imminent IR35 changes till 2020

    Off-payroll working in the private sector – To help people comply with the existing rules and bring private sector organisations in line with public-sector bodies and agencies, the government will reform the off-payroll working rules (known as IR35) in the private sector. This follows...
    • Syd
    • Thread
    • ir35
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: General
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    New contract - IR35 free

    Hello all, I am a Software developer and just got a new contract with a company last week. They made the offer, I accepted now comes the time to sign the contract. One of the sections is bothering me (two actually). It states: and the last box to tick states: I find this very confusing as...
  16. D

    IR35 and software contracting

    Hi everyone, long time listener, first time... I made the step into (software) contracting about a year ago and did a 6 month contract via an umbrella, for convenience sake. After I saw my effective tax-rate - including NI contributions - I was aghast and decided I'd go Ltd next time, and in...
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    IR35 work - endlessly sent "temporary employee" roles over classic contracts

    IR35 work - endlessly sent "temporary employee" roles over classic contracts I've been out of the recruiter game for quite a while as I've been lucky enough to secure contracts directly through word of mouth etc. However... I've been speaking to a bunch of recruiters today and all the gig...
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    Work directly or through an agency?

    Hi all, If you had choice to work directly with a customer or via an agency, which option would you go for? Assume the rate is the same. I feel working directly makes communication easier as there are fewer parties involved. But then I was thinking whether involvement of the agency somehow...
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    Corporation tax inside IR35

    Hi folks, I have a simple question which I am struggling to find a clear answer to. I have a limited company. 1 client who pay me monthly. Private sector. The one contract falls inside IR35. Each month my accountant runs the IR35 calculation and I pay myself the 95% deemed payment as salary...
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    Are you outside IR35 if you already pay full NI and tax?

    Regardless of your contract - If your Ltd makes 100k a year - Your expenses are 10k a year, paid by your Ltd - And you draw the remaining salary of 90k a year, paying the corresponding NI and income tax due Are you less of an interest for ir35 investigation? Or is it more about your contract...

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