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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�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Thu, 15 Feb 2018

Contractor guide to using substitution to stay outside IR35
If you are able to make unfettered substitutions you can use substitution to stay outside.
�If correctly implemented, a substitution is an IR35 ‘silver bullet’ that demonstrates personal servic�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 16 Apr 2014

Contractors must not be 'part and parcel' of clients to avoid IR35
One of the tests used to prove employment status is being 'part and parcel' of an organisation. You should avoid this at all cost.
�ven these small things can help to put you inside IR35 . IR35 case law is complicated Determining whethe�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 25 Apr 2017

Contractor doctor: do I have to pay employers and employees NI when using an umbrella?
Do you have to pay employers NI out of your contracting income? The answer is yes or no, depending on IR35 status and public/private sector working.
�r contracting rate. Contractors operating outside IR35 In this instance the client pays the agency the "�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 21 Feb 2007

IR35 issues for project managers working as contractors
Project managers can stay outside as long as they have no line management responsibilities.
�ey may well be identified by HMRC as being inside IR35 , with all the resulting additional tax liabiliti�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 17 Aug 2010

Should contractors inside IR35 have employment rights?
Contractors caught by the legislation are taxed like employees, yet they have no employee rights unless they go to court to claim them. An unfair situation that the Government should resolve.
�Suppose HMRC claims that you are inside IR35 on a given contract? You can probably fight it, a�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 24 Oct 2017

Contractor guide to the UK public sector off-payroll rules
From September 2012 contractors with public sector contracts may have to demonstrate to their clients that the off-payroll rules don’t apply to them.
�urce under Pay As You Earn (PAYE), operate inside IR35 or resign the contract. The rules, which were wri�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Mon, 10 Sept 2012

Off-Payroll (IR35) Tax: How to calculate and process ‘deemed direct payments’
Find out how to comply with the Off-Payroll tax rules and mitigate your tax risk by correctly calculating and processing deemed direct payments.
�h the ‘deemed payment’ referenced in the original IR35 legislation – Chapter 8, Part 2 of the ITEPA . Un�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Sun, 23 Aug 2020

What is a disguised employee?
Limited company contractors will find themselves labelled as ‘disguised employees’ and caught if they pass the tests of employment.
�e UK government introduced tax legislation called IR35 that, when applied by HM Revenue and Customs (HMR�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 29 Feb 2012

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.
�eptance of a standby rate would mean being inside IR35? Does paying a retainer mean that the client cont�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 22 Apr 2008