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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

Childcare vouchers can cut contractor tax liabilities
Limited company and umbrella company contractors with children can reduce tax bills by claiming childcare vouchers, explains Clair Jolly of Danbro.
�direct. This ensures that the process is totally compliant and frees-up the contractor from having to manage�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Thu, 18 Jun 2009

Create a VAT only invoice – template included
New contractors can experience delays when registering for VAT and so may have to submit a VAT only invoice to clients when the VAT number arrives.
�s A description of the services provided. A fully compliant VAT invoice should also include the contractor li� �ting out, or experienced contractors returning to contracting after a break in a permanent role, may have to is�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Wed, 11 Dec 2013

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

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: 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

What are umbrella schemes for contractors?
Explains what umbrella companies are and how contractors use them.
�, because via an umbrella you will be taxed as if IR35 applies (or caught by IR35), which can mean a dif� �re are other payment schemes which purport to be "compliant umbrella schemes" and offer large take home pay f� �utside IR35, and are a higher rate tax payer then contracting via a limited company is the better financial rou� �any bank account. For long term contractors whose contracts are outside IR35 umbrellas are not as tax efficie� �nce of circa 20% in your tax home pay. If you can contract outside IR35, and are a higher rate tax payer the�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Thu, 15 Feb 2018

Contracting top 10: Making sure IR35 won’t apply to you
HMRC is constantly on the lookout for ‘disguised employees’. Here are ten precautions you can take to ensure you don’t get caught.
�nies, run the risk of unwittingly being caught by IR35 if they’re not careful. This can result in a subs� �s unlimited IR35 assessments, helping you to stay compliant with IR35, combined with insurance to protect aga� �conduct retrospective investigations of your past contracts. You should keep records, such as telephone logs� �d replacing an employee You should always start a contract on the understanding that the role is for a contr�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 18 Nov 2015

What is a ‘personal service company’?
Many contractors who work for clients through their own limited companies frequently find their business referred to as a ‘personal service company’.
�ch leaves contractors who are not affected by the IR35 tax legislation with few choices. The term ‘perso� �elp with tax issues and generally ensure you stay compliant. If you use a specialised firm the fees can be ve� �estigating the tax affairs of contractors. In the contracting sector, the generally accepted definition of a pe� �not want even the slightest risk of there being a contract of service, or an employment relationship, with t�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Thu, 22 Mar 2018