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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

Public sector contractors – 11 ways to commit IR35 suicide
Here are 11 things you must avoid if you want to stay outside IR35. Whatever you do, don’t ignore them!
�gent action to ensure they don’t become caught by IR35 and a damaging tax hit as the public sector IR35� �et these benefits. Genuine contractors don't. 10. Contracting with a former employer the day after leaving work� �s mistakes that you could be making, pushing your contract to be caught by IR35 and therefore subjecting you�
Category: Articles: Public Sector IR35 Reforms | Mon, 20 Feb 2017

IR35Shield.co.uk vs HMRC CEST tool: How our tool can help everyone beat IR35
Keeping contractors outside IR35 is key to keeping their skills in the public sector. Find out how you can do exactly that with our IR35 shield tool.
�Firms, including public sector bodies, who assess IR35 status using IR35Shield.co.uk stand a far better� �ns depending whether or not IR35 applies to their contract. If IR35 applies (inside IR35) then the contracto�
Category: Articles: Public Sector IR35 Reforms | Mon, 08 Jan 2018

Contractors encouraged to weigh up risk and reward of ‘outside IR35’ indemnities
Indemnities could help contractors secure ‘outside IR35’ contracts, providing they take care to ensure Off-Payroll compliance and mitigate their risk.
�as a means of engaging contractors on an ‘outside IR35’ basis. However, while this arrangement is provid� �are increasingly inserting indemnity clauses into contracts as a means of engaging contractors on an ‘outside� �t, contractors are warned that any ‘outside IR35’ contract containing an indemnity clause should be approach�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 04 Jan 2022

What is IR35? Does it apply to your contract?
It is tax avoidance legislation designed to ensure workers using an intermediary but who are ‘disguised employees’ pay the correct amount of tax.
�IR35 is a word used to describe two sets of tax legisl� �to hire all contractors on fixed term employment contracts - which basically means hiring them as if the IR3� �ugh an intermediary, rather than on an employment contract, so they become deemed, or "disguised", employees�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Mon, 28 Feb 2022

Off-Payroll audit guide: How to avoid compliance complacency
Off-Payroll compliance doesn’t end with the contractor’s status determination. Find out how to avoid the potential pain of compliance complacency.
�heir contract engagements. But, the line dividing IR35 status isn’t always distinct and over the course� �eptible to, and which you need to avoid: Renewing contracts without re-specifying the changing scope, or new� �ecome complacent, having initially assessed their contract engagements. But, the line dividing IR35 status i�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Thu, 17 Sept 2020

Off-Payroll audit guide: How to create an effective and accurate compliance strategy
Off-Payroll compliance is perfectly manageable when clients and their recruitment partners have an effective and accurate compliance strategy.
�ost-effective compliance, in addition to accurate IR35 assessments courtesy of IR35 Shield , our recomme� �tus assessment under the Off-Payroll rules? Which contract engagements pose a significant IR35 risk? What ar�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Fri, 18 Sept 2020

Off-Payroll audit guide: How to manage your contractor workforce
How contractor clients manage their contingent workforce will have a crucial bearing on company performance in the wake of the Off-Payroll rules.
�cellations, evidence of which can be found in our IR35 factsheet . However, more recent examples have em� �ive Off-Payroll compliance. Developed by IR35 and contracting industry experts IR35 Shield and Professional Pas� �assessment of your contingent workforce based on contracts and working conditions. Using a compliance soluti� �f employment taxes – roughly 12-13% on top of the contract rate. It’s not only the decision to avoid Off-Pay�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 15 Sept 2020

Off-Payroll audit guide: How to identify and address IR35 risk before April 2021
An early evaluation of your contingent workforce is needed to help identify and address common IR35 risk factors in advance of April 2021.
�partners, clients are advised to conduct an early IR35 status evaluation of their contingent workforce.� �le. This means locating the upper and lower-level contracts for each role, as well as gathering information a� �assessment into three sections pertaining to the contract, the working conditions, and the contractor. Each�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Wed, 02 Sept 2020

Contractor Doctor:My agent is refusing to amend my contract – what are my options?
Agencies are often reluctant to change standard contracts as they see this as an unnecessary cost. However, contractors do have options.
�ed I make changes to the contract to make it more IR35 friendly. However, my agency refuses to make any� �eight in a tribunal or court. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �ed by a legal expert specialising in contractors’ contracts, but also for acting on the advice the lawyer has� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I am renewing my contract between my contractor limited company and agent.�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 04 Jun 2009