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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� �e amended or negotiated out.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �contractor and mid-way through negotiating a new contract working for a financial services client based in�
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� �do part of what a contractor’s limited company is contracted to do, and doing so transparently, ie so that the� �isolation in a couple of days, and assign it to a contracting friend. My current client would question this, so� �make the necessary arrangements, such as agreeing contracts and providing any necessary training, and pay the� �s an IT contractor, I’ve never been away from the contract long enough to justify having to send in a substi�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 25 May 2012

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� �Contractors earning over £219 per day and/or on contracts lasting six months or more must work through a Ca� �s that the off-payroll rules don’t apply to their contract. If the off-payroll rules are found to apply, the�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Mon, 10 Sept 2012

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� �the case of IR35, a contractor might seek an IR35 contract review from an expert who suggests that the contr�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Thu, 28 Apr 2011

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� �eep me available between dates of actual offshore contracting, but I'm permitted to work for other companies du� �Dear Contractor Doctor: I have a contract proposal for working offshore with a particular c�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 22 Apr 2008

Contractor doctor: why can't I use the company canteen?
Contractors can't expect to use the company canteen or to enjoy other employee rights because they risk falling inside.
�away food in the area. I've read about one of the IR35 tests being "Part and Parcel of the Organisation,� �decision as soon as possible. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �permanent employees, and make sure that both your contract as well as your actual day-to-day activities show�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 26 Nov 2007

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� �advice if that is your plan. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �oject work which is carefully spelled out in your contracts, you could probably stay outside IR35. But you sh� �but after just three months I have been offered a contract position at my previous company (doing my old job�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 06 Mar 2008

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 "� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I've just started contracting and have registered with an umbrella company. I w� �come taxes. This is the equation for outside IR35 contracts: Client charge rate = contract rate + agency comm� �storically it is worth noting that all advertised contract rates have been advertised at what we will call t�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 21 Feb 2007

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� �Contractors who contract through their own limited company must complete a�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Tue, 17 May 2011

IR35 and contracting: just why do cases take so long to be resolved?
You can be forced to endure years of stress before your case is resolved with HMRC.
�Contractors facing IR35 investigations can be forced to wait many years u� �igation for several tax years, each with multiple contracts, then a considerable amount of information must b� �stigator will want to know the details about each contract for every tax year being investigated. That means�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Sun, 22 May 2011