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Contractor Doctor: No substitution but can hire subcontractor: what’s my IR35 status?
Contractors with client restrictions on rights of substitution may find hiring a subcontractor achieves the same goals.
�my place. This makes me slightly nervous about my IR35 status However, a contractor colleague has sugges� �e employed Andy Vessey, Qdos Consulting “In a contracting context, the work completed by the sub-contractor� �s’ claims to be working outside IR35 on their own contracts. The implication of the client saying ‘no substit� �hs. Although I have a right of substitution in my contract, my feeling is that the client would baulk at all�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 15 May 2013

Contractor Doctor: If I sign a confidentiality agreement in my name am I inside IR35?
Contractors asked to sign confidentiality agreements in their name, and not their limited company’s, are unlikely to be at risk.
�with a new client. I had my contract checked for IR35 by a consultant and it received the all-clear. Bu� �a confidentiality agreement. Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor� �rganisation and therefore not bound by employment contracts. Clients can’t change contractual terms, in theor� �ctor and I’ve just started work on a six-month IT contract with a new client. I had my contract checked for�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 31 Jan 2011

Contractor doctor: Do I need to set up a limited company before seeking a contract?
Don't be late and lose the contract. Make sure you set your company up or join an umbrella ready for your start date.
�interview and get an offer. Establish your likely IR35 tax status. Consider how long you will be contrac� �ake the plunge and leave permanent employment for contracting. Just handing in my notice has been a huge relief� �mited company set up before I start looking for a contract? Thanks Christian Doherty, London Contractor Doct�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 18 Oct 2016

Contractor doctor: can I change contract terms to be outside IR35 during a contract?
Is it possible to change contract terms to position yourself IR35 during an existing contract? The issues explored
�urrent contract altered for it to fall outside of IR35 but the contract end date will remain unchanged.� �hat will be removed, however would HMRC view both contracts and see this as avoidance of IR35? Kind regards [� �Dear Contractor Doctor I’m currently in a contract and am using an umbrella company structure howeve�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 22 Feb 2018

Inside IR35? Get huge tax savings with a pension
If you are caught by it and currently do not have a pension, then you are missing out on huge tax savings.
�If you are caught by IR35 and currently do not have a pension you are missi�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Tue, 07 Apr 2009

Outside IR35 and no pension? Get tax savings with a pension
If you are contracting outside and don’t have a pension, you are missing out on significant tax savings.
�ificant tax savings, even if you aren't caught by IR35 . Why? Because you can reduce your tax liabilitie� �If you are contracting and don’t have a pension, you are missing out on�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Tue, 07 Apr 2009

Dividends and contracting: calculation, payment and taxation
You may take dividends from your limited company whenever you are certain that there are after-tax profits to be divided up. Here's how you calculate them.
�pital you may need for your company as well. What IR35 issues are there with contractor dividend payment� �best form of payment for contractors? If you are contracting and running a limited company , the most advantag� �ments? If you believe your revenue is earned from contracts that are inside IR35 , then you must not take div�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Thu, 15 Mar 2018

Limited company or umbrella – how to choose the best payment option
Key differences explained. Learn the pros and cons of each payment option and decide which one is best for starting your contracting career.
�hed routes and have their relative pros and cons. IR35 and financial considerations It is important to e� �Payment structure options When you plan to start contracting you will need to set up a way to get paid. And as� �he third party umbrella company bank account. For contracts earning revenue outside IR35 there is a significa� �s not in any way influence the IR35 status of the contract or modus operandi of the working arrangements. Th�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Tue, 27 Sept 2016

Running your limited company - a contractors guide
This article lists the on going responsibilities and obligations of running a limited company.
�arise you will need to consider the following: 1. IR35 IR35 is a fundamental issue which you will need t� �u will need to consider at the very start of your contracting career and every time you accept a contract. You� �d to seek specialist legal advice for the various contracts you undertake in order to ensure that your decisi� �ur contracting career and every time you accept a contract. You will need to familiarise yourself with the r�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Mon, 06 Feb 2006

Dividends – calculation, payment and taxation
Contractors using limited company structures can get significant tax advantages by paying themselves dividends. This article explains how dividends work.
�out a dividend to the shareholders. Dividends and IR35 Most contractors using a limited company operate� �idends has been updated. Please see Dividends and contracting : calculation, payment and taxation . Introductio�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Wed, 09 Aug 2006