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Contractor guide to securing healthcare informatics accreditation for NHS contracts
IT contractors seeking NHS contracts can increase their chances by applying for healthcare informatics accreditation, explains UKCHIP’s Jean Roberts.
�re: Affiliate: new entrants to the sector not yet compliant with the standards for full registration but wish� �IT contractors applying for contracts within the NHS, and the wider healthcare industry� �portance of registration. Roberts highlights that contract assignment specifications as well as job role spe�
Category: Articles: Job Search | Thu, 26 Sept 2013

Umbrellas, HMRC, and dispensation agreements
How HMRC views umbrella companies and an explanation of dispensation agreements
�the more dubious operations. HMRC should see the compliant umbrella firms as a good way of collecting tax ra� �ower net income than they could otherwise earn by contracting through a limited company.� �n-depth service covering such areas as employment contracts, extendable HR functions, comprehensive insurance�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Wed, 25 Jan 2006

Joining a contractor umbrella scheme - 5 simple steps
Decided to use an umbrella provider? This short guide explains the five simple steps to take to get started. Find out more
�company and then arranging for it to be dissolved Compliant umbrella companies will offer you a full employme� �brella companies will offer you a full employment contract, together with all the employment rights and bene�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Thu, 26 Apr 2018

Contractor Doctor: How do I supply a tax clearance certificate?
Contractors may be asked for a tax clearance certificate to avoid paying foreign tax on their earnings or to confirm that their business is compliant.
�g the contractor’s limited company is current and compliant with all its statutory tax obligations A certific� �domiciled for tax purposes. Multi-national firms contracting with a UK-based business may require this confirm� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I’ve just won a contract with a new overseas client. The contract is via a�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 22 Dec 2011

Can a recruitment agency force contractors to use its affiliated umbrella company?
Agencies sometimes try to insist on contractors using their recommended umbrella companies, but not always in the interest of their contractors.
�pany that has equally high standards and is fully compliant in the way it deals with contractors’ affairs. “T� �tractor is a first timer or relatively new to the contracting world. “Agencies who insist a contractor uses the� �government does not allow you to change during a contract because of tax evasion rules". Another umbrella c�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 16 Oct 2008

Contractor Doctor: How do I account for overseas subcontractors?
Contractors should pay overseas suppliers broadly the same as they would treat a UK-based supplier, maintaining a paper trail of the transaction.
�ing and payments to suppliers in the UK require a compliant ‘paper trail’, so do invoicing and payments to an� �Dear Contractor Doctor I have been contracting through my own contractor limited company for jus�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 09 Jul 2013

Contractor Doctor: Why are agencies requesting National Insurance (NI) numbers?
Contractors asked to provide personal information such as NI numbers must do so, as it is unlikely to affect their status.
�been advertising Onshore Employment Legislation ‘compliant’ solutions. “They play on the fact that the False� �contractors maintain IR35 best practice by having contracts reviewed, establishing working arrangements and t�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 23 Mar 2015

Contractor Doctor: Can I claim lunch expenses when walking to work?
There are no HMRC rules that prevent a contractor from claiming subsistence expenses just because they walk to work.
�company, and umbrella company contractors using a compliant service provider will always have a contract of e� �or I’m an IT contractor and I currently work on a contract that takes me away from home. I have rented an ap�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 21 Apr 2015

Why you need an accountant and not just accounting software
The value your accountant can provide to your contracting and freelance business goes far beyond what an accounting software package can offer.
�Your accountant ensures that your business stays compliant, that you pay no more than the tax that you shoul� �Accountants provide much more value to your contracting and freelance business than your accounting softw�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Wed, 29 Feb 2012

Contractor offshore solutions – how they work
We dispel the myths that surround contracting as part of an offshore consultancy supply chain and explains how they work.
�The Isle of Man is a highly reputable, secure and compliant offshore financial services centre which provides� �ctors thinking of changing the way they run their contracting business.” As of Dec 2009, Employee Benefit Trust� �onsultancy supply chain provider that manages the contracts and your ‘employment’ is frequently based in the�
Category: Articles: Other | Tue, 08 Dec 2009