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How HR advisors can help clients with Off-Payroll IR35 rules – 7 simple steps
HR advisors will be vital in ensuring their clients navigate successfully the risks posed by the Off-Payroll IR35 rules. Find out how to do so, here.
�: brief clients on the ‘notional contract’ Though contracts certainly need to be addressed, they are often de� �e far more costly than they think. Step 2: review contract templates for IR35 risk All parties benefit when�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 06 Mar 2018

Public sector contractors: 6 step plan to carry on working outside IR35
Follow this 6 step action plan to keep you operating outside IR35 by mitigating the impact of the public sector reforms.
�ndently test your IR35 status If you want to stay contracting in the public sector and remain outside IR35, you� �measures could see you forced into an inside-IR35 contract, costing you thousands of pounds in extra tax. Yo�
Category: Articles: Public Sector IR35 Reforms | Mon, 12 Dec 2016

How public sector organisations need to prepare for the IR35 reforms – right now!
Use our expert five step action plan to retain skilled resources, cut costs and keep compliant with the public sector IR35 reforms.
�ld simply leave for more lucrative private sector contracts. The fallout for your organisation is potentially� �Contractors will not want to remain in an ongoing contract that has suddenly changed from outside IR35 to in�
Category: Articles: Public Sector IR35 Reforms | Wed, 04 Jan 2017

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!
�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

Contractor banking – applying for and opening a business bank account
Once a contractor has decided which financial institution they plan to bank with, the next step is to work through the process of opening the account.
�ss Nature of the business – most banks will class contracting as ‘business services’ or ‘business consultancy’� �r – a calculation or estimate of the first year’s contract fees will normally suffice Any funding requiremen�
Category: Articles: Contractor banking | Mon, 22 Aug 2016

Save time and money with the Cashplus Business Account for contractors
Contractors can reduce their business banking burden with the Cashplus Business Account, says Cashplus financial commercial director Nick Biggam.
�establishing a business is securing new customer contracts and securing the funding, which often takes prior�
Category: Articles: Contractor banking | Thu, 04 Oct 2018

Contractor income protection and the myth of unemployment cover exposed
Angela James of Contractor Wealth highlights the pitfalls that face contractors in the event of job loss, illness or injury.
�im to be suitable for those working on fixed term contracts. The product providers and brokers who sell these� �the event of a claim. Even when they are not in a contract, contractors are still nominally employed by thei�
Category: Articles: Contractor Income Protection | Fri, 13 Feb 2009

Why contractors cannot rely on unemployment benefit
Contractors will find that, even if eligible, unemployment benefit in the form of Job Seeker’s Allowance falls well short of their household bills.
�personal allowance, or who are relatively new to contracting and had a permanent job in the two years before t� �t make their own arrangements for periods between contracts, and that also includes preparing for times when� �out to pay for household outgoings if there is no contract income. Cash savings and investments that can be�
Category: Articles: Contractor Income Protection | Thu, 31 Mar 2016

False Self-Employment legislation - explained
Most contractors should remain outside of the False Self-Employment legislation, which is mainly targeting self-employed sole traders.
�under obligation to provide personal services The contract is via a third party agency contract The worker i�
Category: Articles: False Self Employment | Wed, 21 May 2014

How to protect earnings if you are unwell using income protection policies
To ensure you still get paid when you are unwell you can protect your income based on your contract rate
�w company salary. Many specialist advisors in the contracting market have access to special contract rate-based� �y basis during the course of a year as you change contracts. Basing income and premiums on an annualised cont� �provide a level of cover based on your annualised contract rate, and not just on your low company salary. Ma�
Category: Articles: Contractor Income Protection | Thu, 29 Sept 2016