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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
�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

Contractor doctor: Can I bypass an agency that has already introduced me?
The 3 main reasons why it's unlikely you will ever be able to cut out an agency and go direct to the client.
�ible to speak to the decision maker Agency client contracts prevent you going direct The agency-client terms� �age, they have one with the client, and it's that contract that quite rightly protects their business intere�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 04 Oct 2016

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.
�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: How much income should I save for holidays and sickness?
Contractors don’t receive sick pay or get paid for holidays, so need to plan their finances to take into account expected, and unexpected, time off.
�ntracts or get ill and can’t work. How much of my contracting income should I save for time off due to holidays� �ke time off for holidays, and in case I’m between contracts or get ill and can’t work. How much of my contrac� �ear Contractor Doctor, I’ve just started my first contract as an interim marketing contractor. Until now, I’�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 28 Oct 2016

Contractor doctor: can I get part time flexible contracts?
Contractor Doctor offers advice to a permanent employee who is considering part time contracting.
�Dear Contractor Doctor, I'm looking to go contracting and am interested working part time. Perhaps 2-3� �a week scenario. Contracting for 2-3 days a week Contracts of this nature are very rare indeed and are rarel� �is an entirely different market to the full time contract scenario. Let's first discuss the 2-3 days a week�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 09 Dec 2016

Contractor doctor: can I legally go from permanent to contracting at the same company?
Answers the question from a permanent employee on whether they are legally allowed to immediately contract with the same company after leaving.
�%) of your contractor earnings in tax compared to contracting elsewhere. This type of activity where the employ� �e to be replaced in the Finance department with a contract role in the IS department. Do you know if there i�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 03 Jul 2017

Contractor doctor: how can I renegotiate a smaller agency margin?
Getting a higher rate by reducing a very high agency margin.
�d this be legal? I'm nearing the end of a 6 month contract which the client wants to renew. Relations with t�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 23 Jan 2018

Contractor doctor: does taking a break get around the 24 month contractor expenses rule?
Answers a contractor's question about the 24 month expenes rule and explains the rules in detail.
�However if I wanted to come back to take another contract with the company at a later date how long a break�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 25 Jan 2018

Effective retirement planning for contractors
Contractors have more opportunities than most UK workers to save tax by investing in their retirement.
�nefits as a result. However, many contractors are contracting through their own limited companies , which allow� �likely that contractors caught within IR35 on one contract may not be caught in another, and will have the o�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Thu, 14 Aug 2008

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.
�If you are contracting and don’t have a pension, you are missing out on�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Tue, 07 Apr 2009