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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.
�ractor. But you run great risk of being caught by IR35 . As you say yourself, you are doing your old job�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 06 Mar 2008

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

IR35 danger: when your contract is different from the agency-client contract
HMRC always obtains the agency-client contract and compares it with the contractor contract. They rarely agree, and this spells trouble.
�In IR35 cases, HMRC always obtains the contract between t�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 10 Mar 2008

Contractors must demonstrate business risk as part of keeping contracts outside IR35
Demonstrating business risk can show a contractor as ‘being in business’, thereby helping the case for being outside..
�account can use this evidence to help with their IR35 defence , because taking business and financial r�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 28 Apr 2010

Contracting and Personal Liability Notices (PLNs) from HMRC: a contractor guide
Contractors whose limited company has unpaid NICs can be found personally liable if HMRC believes the debts arose through directors’ neglect or fraud.
�Contractors may be vulnerable to PLNs because of IR35 Contractors found to be inside IR35 and facing a�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Thu, 28 Apr 2011

Contractor Doctor: New contract asks me to commit to limited time off – IR35 issues?
A seemingly innocuous phrase restricting time off in a client-supplied contract could put a contractor well inside.
�sign a contract with these clauses, are there any IR35 issues? Thanks Derek Contractor Doctor says: “Mos�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 09 Feb 2011

Contractor Doctor: If my client lets me substitute purely for IR35, would it count?
Using a substitute means you could enjoy 3 years of contracting, according to HMRC’s business entity tests.
�e. Dear Contractor Doctor, Having seen HMRC’s new IR35 processes , it appears that the silver bullet to�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 25 May 2012

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.
�aring this information could have an impact on my IR35 status. What legislation means that my agency is�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 23 Mar 2015

P35 Employer Annual Return service company question and IR35 - contractor guide
Working through your own limited company means you must complete a P35, including the service company question.
�designed to target contractors to find out their IR35 status. There are two parts to question six: the�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Tue, 17 May 2011

11 tips for choosing the best contractor accountant
Once you've decided to trade using your own limited company, then choosing a contractor accountant is the next step.
�and understands key issues relevant to you, like IR35. Most high street accountants do not have this kn�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Wed, 22 Nov 2023