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Hiring contractors – an overview
Contractors can bring huge benefits to a client organisation but they are not employees and need to be managed effectively to get best results.
�lationship between the client and the contractor. IR35 and payment Contractors will ask clients for a nu� �ctors predominantly use online job boards to find contracts, but there the similarity with employees ends. Co� �ensed, because good contractors don’t stay out of contract for long, so a client only has a small window whe�
Category: Articles: Hiring Contractors | Tue, 25 Aug 2009

Contractor interview: paul ross enjoys the good life contracting
An extraordinarily successful contractor who only works at the top of the fee scale, and who almost never uses an agent, tells how to do it.
�has about 500 clients. Using Substitution Against IR35 Another way in which Ross has usefully networked� �ders. This kind of work is at the very top of the contracting scale, and is much in demand. But Ross has noneth� �rom colleagues. This has put me in touch with new contracts very regularly. A good network of colleagues can� �ine this carefully to see that it is both in your contract, but also part of your real working life. ''What�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 14 Apr 2008

Oil and gas contractor guide to tax and expenses when working offshore
Oil and gas contractors working offshore are subject to similar tax and expenses rules as onshore contractors, notes Pipeline Account’s Martin Watt.
�tractors working offshore look at greater risk of IR35 . But when the core tests of control , substituti� �s contractors, so they should ensure they conduct contract reviews, secure a confirmation of arrangements fr�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Tue, 30 Jul 2013

10 top tips for expats going contracting in the UK
Contractors from outside the UK and EU going contracting in the UK can benefit from ten lessons in making sure their contracting career is a success.
�eir contracts reviewed by legal professionals for IR35 implications, and to ensure the contractual terms� �and European Union and are thinking of starting a contracting career in the UK can benefit from ten top tips on� �t it is not the best contractors who get the best contracts, but those contractors who are best at winning co� �market demand for particular skills, identifying contract opportunities and ruthlessly converting opportuni�
Category: Articles: Expat | Fri, 12 Jun 2009

Contractor Doctor’s recent legal challenges facing contractors
Contractor Calculator’s Contractor Doctor summarises the top legal challenges & solutions that contractors recently faced and overcame.
�s Clients thinking that contractors are employees IR35 Employment law. Contract restrictions – restricti� �. We answered them all and have published over 56 contracting guides so far this year. To help the wider contra� �s, which are typically found in contractor agency contracts, play an important role in protecting the investm� �to date. They broadly fall into five main themes: Contract restrictions – restrictive covenants Contractual�
Category: Articles: Legal | Thu, 12 Sept 2013

Quick Start Contracting Guide: The Agency Workers Regulations
ContractorCalculator’s Quick Start Guide to the Agency Workers Regulations provides answers to your most frequently asked questions about the law.
�et of ‘in-business’ tests, such as those used for IR35 , may help put many limited company contractors o� �le trader, it is completely irrelevant if you are contracting direct with your client. However, as the vast maj� �ith your client. However, as the vast majority of contracts in some sectors, such as IT, are via agencies, th� �n permanent employees or offshoring temporary and contract roles to cheaper jurisdictions unaffected by AWR.�
Category: Articles: Agency Workers Regulations | Thu, 21 Sept 2017

How to appeal wrongful tax treatment following an incorrect Off-Payroll assessment
Tax expert David Kirk explains the various options available to contractors seeking to reclaim tax that has been overpaid as a result of Off-Payroll.
�a result of being incorrectly assessed as ‘inside IR35’ under the new Off-Payroll tax have options shoul� �to ensure that they don’t unwittingly enter into contracts with clauses permitting these deductions. Right n� �ave had employer’s NI deductions taken from their contract rates by hirers and agencies since the introducti�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 07 Aug 2018

Off-payroll repeal praised by Australian self-employed advocate, Ken Phillips
The signalled repeal of Off-Payroll tax rules by the new Chancellor is an exercise in common sense, says Ken Philips, of Self-employed Australia
�strong focus on tax fairness. Ken has studied the IR35 issue since 2000. Ken shares his views on the rec� �stralian Independent Contractors Act (2006), sham contract prevention laws and Unfair Contract laws for self�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Wed, 28 Sept 2022

IR35 case study 1 - a contractors IR35 story
A contractor explains how he used a legal expert to get his contract passing IR35.
�y. At this point the contract was not checked for IR35 compliance since the importance was not realised.� �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

Taxman’s tactics – what contractors should look out for when an IR35 investigation looms
You should avoid trying to deal with a tax inspection without the benefit of specialist help.
�to take on the might of HMRC single-handed in an IR35 ivestigation need to be aware of the risks, warns�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Tue, 15 Jul 2008