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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

Pensions for contractors with an umbrella company
Income when using an umbrella company can go straight into pension funds for serious tax advantages.
�sing a contractor umbrella company to manage your contracting income, you can get very significant tax advantag� �ntributions (NICs) on a hefty percentage of their contract income. 'Pre-taxed' income Provided your umbrella�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Tue, 07 Apr 2009

Pensions for contractors: an overview
Contractors can benefit from tax savings by investing in a pension early in their contracting career and a pension pot to draw on from age 55.
�tart investing in a pension at the start of their contracting career, even if they feel themselves to be ‘too y� �man limited company/umbrella company, are between contracts or a permanent employee. Further, contractors wan�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Wed, 20 Jan 2010

Contractor guide to UK state-backed pension: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
Contractors should take pension action now & not be auto-enrolled into the National Employment Savings Trust.
�tax-efficient methods of extracting earnings from contracting income for contractors. Given the unique nature o�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Thu, 29 Apr 2010

Retirement planning for contractors: 10 key areas to focus on
Contractors looking to enjoy a well funded retirement can take steps to maximise their income and minimise tax, explains Abbott Moore’s James Abbott.
�ent just because they’ve stopped or reduced their contracting business,” notes Abbott. “Simple measures, such a� �per year, should consider working on a fixed-term contract basis with their client, trading as a sole trader�
Category: Articles: Pensions | Wed, 23 Oct 2013