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Contracting mindset tips: think in terms of the value you can offer your client
Contractors often sell their technical skills and expertise, yet clients are more interested in the value a contractor can add to their organisation.
�just on their specific expertise, will win better contracts. Are you interested in the model of blowtorch you�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Mon, 05 Sept 2011

Contracting mindset tips: you’re responsible for managing your career, not the client
Contractors are responsible for managing their own careers. Attempts by clients to do so must be resisted or contractors could pay tax as employees.
�n a project that was not included in the original contract. Because it’s appraisal time of year, or because�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Fri, 23 Dec 2011

Contracting mindset tips: failure to consider the opportunity cost can be expensive
Contractors are often tempted to take contract offers below what they’re worth, but the opportunity cost can end up being more expensive than waiting.
�ailing to consider the opportunity costs of their contracting options may be making costly business decisions.� �a little short-sighted. If you have been between contracts for a few weeks and agents know this, expect offe� �s are tough. But the cost of taking a poorly paid contract can prove to have been an expensive mistake month�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Fri, 23 Dec 2011

Contracting mindset tips: you can only send a sick note to yourself
Contractors who can’t work because they are ill can only send a sick note to one employer, which is their own limited company, not their client.
�for your company. If you are too ill to find new contracts, it is not the agency’s or client’s responsibilit� �k note to yourself, pay yourself sick pay and use contract law to explain to the client why you could not co�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Thu, 06 Mar 2014

Contracting mindset tips: save money for sickness, holidays and time out of contract
Clients only pay contractors when they are delivering a service and, unlike employers, do not include paid sick days and holiday as part of the deal.
�expect to pay for services delivered When you go contracting, you become a service provider, just like your ga� �f for holidays or when you’re not working between contracts. Would you pay £300 to watch daytime TV? If your�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Mon, 31 Oct 2016

Contractor banking: choosing a business bank account
Contractors who have decided to trade through a limited company must apply for a separate business bank account for their contracting business.
�any must set up a separate bank account for their contracting business , and may choose from a range of busines� �r contractors who are due to commence their first contract at short notice and will need to provide a proof�
Category: Articles: Contractor banking | Mon, 08 Aug 2016

Advice on buying an IR35 free contract
Is it worth spending money on buying an 'IR35 Free Contract' ?
�r of organisations offering to sell ‘IR35 proof ' contracts to contractors. This article explains why there i� �s. There is no such thing as a standard IR35 free contract A contract between your company and the agency mu�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Thu, 23 Mar 2000

Should you ask HMRC for an IR35 contract review?
Discuss whether it is sensible to approach HMRC for a contract review.
�rt. Assuming that you've got everything in order (contracts/working practices etc) then you could decide to a� �HMRC offer an IR35 contract review service for contractors, so they can finan�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Sun, 23 Apr 2000

IR35 case study 1 - a contractors IR35 story
A contractor explains how he used a legal expert to get his contract passing IR35.
�R35 due to the contract. Talk to agency about the contracts. The agency send the contractor their new contrac� �a start date of 14th February. At this point the contract was not checked for IR35 compliance since the imp�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 25 Apr 2000

IR35 contract review service by HMRC
What is the HMRC Contract Review service and should you use it?
�Tax Calculator . It is important to know if your contracts pass IR35 so you can structure your payments acco� �a number of independent experts who offer an IR35 contract review service, HMRC can also provide an opinion�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 19 Sept 2005