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Contractor tax: limited company and personal taxes explained
Depending on how you structure your finances and your status will depend on the type and level of taxes you need to pay.
�ersonally. This will in turn be determined by the IR35 status of your contract, such that if you are cau� �is registered for VAT (which the vast majority of contracting companies are), then you will need to charge VAT� �through PAYE (on the low salary). On IR35 exempt contracts, you will receive dividends. The dividends are ta� �If you decide to contract via your own limited company the amount of tax yo�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Fri, 09 Feb 2018

What triggers an HMRC IR35 investigation?
Contractors will find that a range of factors could trigger an investigation, and the days of a random inspection are long gone.
�This guide refers solely to the original IR35, the Intermediatries Legislation, enacted in Apri�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Fri, 29 Oct 2021

Contractor doctor: does IR35 apply for very short contracts?
It applies to all contracts irrespective of the time period that they run.
�seven weeks. Can such a short contract be within IR35? The contract with the agency states that the con� �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: Half my contract is onsite and half at home – am I caught by IR35?
Significant variations during a contractor’s contract can lead to different treatment.
�a development team and I have clearly been within IR35 , and made provision for deemed payments with my� �hows significant variations.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �new contract drawn up. But whilst the contents of contracts, and contract law, can have a major bearing on th� �games industry and am mid-way through a six-month contract direct with my client. The first three months of�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 09 Jun 2010

Contractor Doctor: Does hiring other contractors put me outside IR35?
Contractors hiring other contractors to help complete a contract may be genuinely substituting and so outside.
�two years. I have always been keenly aware of my IR35 status and take what measures I can, such as chec� �vering an element of what the contractor has been contracted to deliver, then that demonstrates in the cleares� �Dear Contractor Doctor I have been contracting via my own limited company with the same client f� �and take what measures I can, such as checking my contracts, to ensure I am not caught by the legislation. I� �emonstrates in the clearest possible way that the contract is not one of personal service: “Without personal�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 11 Dec 2014

Contractor Doctor: I have paid IR35 taxes for seven years. What are my options?
Contractors caught for many years can adopt strategies enabling them to regain control of their career and stop paying too much tax.
�the outset I decided that my contract was inside IR35, and instructed my accountant to ensure the neces� �y for any. In fact, the agency suggested that its contracts are ‘IR35 friendly’, so should I be paying extra� �st seven years. From the outset I decided that my contract was inside IR35, and instructed my accountant to�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 25 Mar 2014

Contractor Doctor: Contract says ‘in IR35’, working practices are out: what’s right?
Contractors with a 'caught' contract may have working practices that put them clearly outside, but the trick is to provide proof.
�cting last year, I was new to the complexities of IR35. Having read up on the subject on Contractor Calc� �Dear Contractor Doctor When I started contracting last year, I was new to the complexities of IR35.� �ay for back taxes, interest and penalties on past contracts, and a loss of up to 25% of take home pay if they� �Calculator I realise that IR35 might apply to my contract. My client is based outside the UK and unaware of�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 31 Mar 2014

Contractor Doctor: I’ve been outside IR35 and now think I’m caught. What should I do?
Contractors experiencing a sudden change of circumstances mid-way through a contract may find this alters their status and hits their finances.
�ment agency. Until now, I’ve been working outside IR35 . However, after coming under pressure from the m� �y periods that he was inside IR35 Determining his contracting, IR35 and financial strategy going forward. Most� �ng in 2011 confirmed that tax tribunals can split contracts into inside and outside IR35 periods if the evide� �ge projects. I am currently working on a 12-month contract within a government agency. Until now, I’ve been�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 28 Feb 2012

Contractor doctor: can I contract whilst still being employed?
Considering an out of office hours contract whilst still being permanently employed.
�s to consider that are interlinked: A tax called "IR35" and also payment structure - how you get paid. M� �e any issues I need to be aware of with regard to contracting while still being employed full time? Kindest reg� �IR35 , is qualified, has reviewed and negotiated contracts, and has a good track record of fighting cases wi� �tly employed full time and have been offered some contract work by a previous employer. The work will be on�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 30 Sept 2016

Contractor doctor: can contractors using umbrella companies be caught by IR35?
Does working for an umbrella company enable you to avoid it?
�ed a permanent employee and therefore not open to IR35 investigations. I have read that contractors work� �ught by IR35 is considerable. Good luck with your contracting. Contractor Doctor� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I am new to the contract market. In fact I am still in permanent employmen�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 11 Sept 2018