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Contractor doctor: what's best - permanent for £3.5k or contract for £4k?
Someone is offered £3,500 per month as a permie, or £4,000 per month as a contractor. What's the best deal?
�per day for 48 weeks [£48k per year] Net (outside IR35) : £3,065 Net (inside IR35) : £2,336 Many contrac�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 21 Sept 2007

Off-Payroll audit guide: A timeline for agencies and hirers to achieve compliance
The Off-Payroll rules may not be implemented until April 2021, but hiring firms and recruitment agencies need to begin preparations now. Find out why.
�ivity Nov-20 Assess your contingent workforce for IR35 Dec-20 Evaluate impact of assessment outcomes on�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 08 Sept 2020

What is an IR35 Status Determination Statement (SDS)?
Learn what an IR35 Status Determination Statement is, why contractor clients will soon need to provide them, and why reasonable care is so important.
�sets out the provisions for clients to provide a IR35 ‘status determination statement’ when assessing t�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Thu, 09 Mar 2023

IR35 - Top 10 traps to catch the unwary contractor
HMRC is always on the lookout for contractors who put themselves inside it by making easily avoidable mistakes. Here are the top ten traps to avoid.
�hat provide grounds for HMRC to investigate their IR35 status. And for those contractors without the sto�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 23 Sept 2009

Contractor Doctor: I won my contract by tendering – does this put me outside IR35?
Strengthen your ‘in-business’ status by winning contracts via tenders, pitches and proposals to clients.
�acts through tendering – does this put me outside IR35? Thanks Aniela Contractor Doctor says: “Winning c�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Sat, 17 Mar 2012

Contractor doctor: does choice of umbrella significantly affect take home pay?
Does it make any significant difference which umbrella company you choose in terms of final take home pay after tax?
�previous advice and had the contract checked for IR35 and it passed. Double yippee! I'm now in the proc�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 21 Aug 2018

Main reasons making a contract fail IR35
Describes the main reasons why a contract will fail IR35.
�re is often no single reason why a contract fails IR35 and is normally a combination of reasons. One has�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Wed, 13 Sept 2006

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�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Thu, 22 Mar 2018

What to do when agencies refuse to change contracts
Contractors with unacceptable contract clauses that their agency refuses to change have a range of negotiating strategies they can apply.
�ance to negotiate on their behalf. How to counter IR35-unfriendly clauses Although having clauses puttin�
Category: Articles: Legal | Wed, 29 Feb 2012

Why contractors caught by IR35 cannot necessarily claim employment rights
Roger Sinclair of Egos dashes the hopes of contractors caught by it claiming employment rights from their clients.
�Contractors caught by IR35 and being taxed as if they were employees are oft�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 20 Apr 2010