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Contractor doctor: if I contract at a former employers can I claim for travel?
Should your former employer offer you a contract, you still have all the rights contractors are entitled to. But you have to be very careful about status.
�advice if that is your plan. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �oject work which is carefully spelled out in your contracts, you could probably stay outside IR35. But you sh� �but after just three months I have been offered a contract position at my previous company (doing my old job�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 06 Mar 2008

Contractor doctor: how does contract work compare with permanent work?
Do contractors get stuck with the unattractive work?
�Dear Contractor Doctor, I'm interested in going contracting, but am concerned about the type/quality of work� �n. It is one of the common contracting myths that contract work is the boring tasks left over which permanen�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 11 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: can the agency hold my payments for ransom?
Can the agency hold your payment in an effort to bargain with you? The short answer is: definitely and absolutely not. Also, restrictive covenants can never last for an indefinite period.
�t to enforce them, they will. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor [Ed: We are pleased to report� �contractor. At the end of January he completed a contract and put in a time sheet for his final payment to�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 16 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: how should I handle contracting for short periods of a few days?
What's the best way to handle contracting when you work one day at one company, two days at another--and in general you work under verbal agreements for very short terms? A limited company is still the best bet.
�t there are many industries in which this kind of contracting takes place. What is special about certain indust� �he contractor at risk. But in certain industries, contracts are governed by standard practice and in this cas� �best way to handle this: is it okay not to have a contract? Also, what about IR35? Yours sincerely, Eva Cont�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 21 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: does contracting on stand-by put me inside IR35?
Accepting a retainer payment for stand-by status has nothing to do with employment status.
�eep me available between dates of actual offshore contracting, but I'm permitted to work for other companies du� �Dear Contractor Doctor: I have a contract proposal for working offshore with a particular c�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 22 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: what is an acceptable agency margin?
What is an acceptable margin, how it is calculated, and should you even negotiate it?
�yourself stitched up. The same concept applies to contracting. You are a product bought by the agency and sold� �nterviewed will risk your chances of securing the contract. Don't do it. I recommend reading the article Neg�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 25 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: does IR35 apply for very short contracts?
It applies to all contracts irrespective of the time period that they run.
�Dear Contractor Doctor: My partner is starting contracting and was working on a 10-day long contract, but th� �nt specifically. If the Revenue decides to review contracts at the agency your partner is working with, then� �ting contracting and was working on a 10-day long contract, but this has now been extended twice so that the�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 01 May 2008

Contractor doctor: can my client force a rate reduction during the contract?
This client is trying to change the contractors rate on a contract that is already in force. They have no legal right to do this, and contractors shouldn't stand for it.
�vercome any 11% loss in rate. Good luck with your contracting. Kind regards Contractor Doctor� �Dear Contractor Doctor, My contract was renewed a couple of months ago, but recently�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 27 May 2008

Contractor doctor: does charging expenses to your client affect your IR35 position?
Legitmate business expenses can be recharged to clients without affecting status as long as some simple guidelines are followed.
�apital expenditure are risky. Good Luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �ontractor Doctor, This Monday I started my second contract direct with a client, and the contract was verifi�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 16 Jun 2008

Contractor doctor: how do umbrellas calculate contractors’ national insurance
When contracting inside, employer's National Insurance contributions are calculated on the gross income billed to the client.
�r PAYE/NI Salary Calculator . Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 10 Jul 2008