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Sticky: Claiming Expenses via an Umbrella Company - A quick guide! by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 5 September 2024, 09:55	1 response 697 views	Last Post by ladymuck 6 September 2024, 14:59
Sticky: Holiday Pay by eek Started by eek, 12 May 2022, 13:43	33 responses 3,136 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 12 July 2024, 10:04
Sticky: Understand your tax code when working via an umbrella! by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 22 April 2024, 10:57	3 responses 783 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 24 April 2024, 11:49
Sticky: 25 years on and has much changed you ask... (RIP Rob Crossland) by robcrosslandville Started by robcrosslandville, 22 November 2023, 20:58	7 responses 940 views	Last Post by NotAllThere 23 February 2024, 18:31
Sticky: Why am I paying Employers NI? by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 9 August 2017, 15:21	80 responses 46,445 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 3 October 2023, 20:01
Sticky: Umbrella going into Administration-Liquidation by cojak Started by cojak, 21 August 2020, 08:38	63 responses 17,511 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 22 June 2023, 07:37
Sticky: Top 10 checklist when choosing an umbrella by cojak Started by cojak, 28 June 2022, 08:12	4 responses 2,176 views	Last Post by eek 6 September 2022, 09:53
Sticky: Check if the ‘Umbrella’ has made you a director of a Ltd company! by cojak Started by cojak, 12 July 2022, 16:29	0 responses 698 views	Last Post by cojak 12 July 2022, 16:29
Sticky: NHS worker forced into contracting? Read this by cojak Started by cojak, 28 June 2022, 21:46	0 responses 347 views	Last Post by cojak 28 June 2022, 21:46
Sticky: Compliant Umbrellas don't have the money to make completely unsolicited phone calls by eek Started by eek, 20 March 2022, 08:35	2 responses 526 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 24 March 2022, 18:37
Sticky: Using an Umbrella? CHECK YOUR TAX CODE!! by cojak Started by cojak, 23 January 2020, 11:17	9 responses 11,474 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 16 February 2022, 10:01
Sticky: BEWARE Umbrella companies bring cloned for tax avoidance purposes! by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 21 October 2021, 18:15	16 responses 1,599 views	Last Post by cojak 16 November 2021, 11:38
Sticky: README: Dodgy/'Mini' Umbrella threads by cojak Started by cojak, 2 May 2021, 10:19	4 responses 766 views	Last Post by cojak 10 May 2021, 08:48
Sticky: HMRC issue guidance on umbrella companies - some interesting reading! by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 29 April 2021, 16:40	12 responses 1,820 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 4 May 2021, 07:49
Sticky: Umbrella calculations and why they differ! by lucyclarityumbrella Started by lucyclarityumbrella, 31 January 2017, 14:23	26 responses 44,680 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 16 November 2020, 14:15
PAYE v Umbrella by Yonmons Started by Yonmons, 26 September 2017, 14:03	11 responses 4,210 views	Last Post by malvolio 29 March 2018, 08:23
Redirect: International Contracts tax Liability - Help please by Razzy Started by Razzy, 8 March 2018, 11:26	—	—
Tax return advice - part umbrella, part freelance by sue51 Started by sue51, 3 March 2018, 13:43	3 responses 6,090 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 5 March 2018, 13:58
Difference between PAYE and Umbrella by Cargie Started by Cargie, 23 February 2018, 20:27	4 responses 4,371 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 27 February 2018, 11:41
Umbrella companies and VAT on billable expenses by alext Started by alext, 19 February 2018, 13:01	15 responses 2,936 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 27 February 2018, 11:18
Pipefitter 'only a worker due to parasitical brolly' by cojak Started by cojak, 22 February 2018, 14:19	2 responses 897 views	Last Post by TheFaQQer 22 February 2018, 15:42
Why is BestPay in the directory by Floo Started by Floo, 27 June 2016, 13:28	14 responses 3,894 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 14 February 2018, 15:37
Recommend an Umbrella Company for Aussie moving to London? by aussiemovingtoUK Started by aussiemovingtoUK, 13 February 2018, 14:11	2 responses 3,828 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 14 February 2018, 15:31
Is this a dodgey company ? advice please by jwid Started by jwid, 5 February 2018, 19:32	7 responses 1,288 views	Last Post by Fred Bloggs 6 February 2018, 06:50
Umbrella Co -Self-employed ? by ss002d6252 Started by ss002d6252, 27 January 2018, 15:12	16 responses 3,165 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 29 January 2018, 18:57
Redirect: UK Contractor in Germany: Using UK Payroll management companies , high net retention by curiousman Started by curiousman, 4 January 2018, 17:43	—	—
Umbrella paying into non-UK bank acccount, and a question about frequency of payments by enrico200165 Started by enrico200165, 13 December 2017, 14:25	12 responses 2,292 views	Last Post by enrico200165 27 December 2017, 15:04
Should I trade as a Limited Company, umbrella or composite by simondolan Started by simondolan, 10 May 2006, 11:10	178 responses 184,614 views	Last Post by igerli 21 December 2017, 16:48
Guys - quick question as I've been out of the game for a while... by Bluebird Started by Bluebird, 21 December 2017, 10:03	4 responses 1,084 views	Last Post by Bluebird 21 December 2017, 10:35
Is a business bank account needed working with Umbrella company? by enrico200165 Started by enrico200165, 13 December 2017, 12:28	4 responses 4,833 views	Last Post by enrico200165 13 December 2017, 14:09
Non-UK EEC citizen with short term contract in UK, any specific advice/caveats? by enrico200165 Started by enrico200165, 11 December 2017, 20:11	3 responses 3,084 views	Last Post by eek 12 December 2017, 18:27
Delaying payment till April 6th by eldy Started by eldy, 23 November 2017, 20:00	11 responses 2,930 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 1 December 2017, 16:01
Salary sacrifice: choice of 'workplace' pension schemes? by JCP Started by JCP, 30 November 2017, 13:39	5 responses 1,130 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 30 November 2017, 16:31
Redirect: Loan - self assessment by Socialsarah Started by Socialsarah, 29 November 2017, 15:04	—	—
Suspicious Umbrella company by conahboys Started by conahboys, 6 October 2017, 07:41	11 responses 6,842 views	Last Post by lucyclarityumbrella 28 November 2017, 14:25