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Contracting mindset tips: clients don’t care about your career, nor should they
Contractors are hired to provide an immediate solution to a client’s problem. Responsibility for career development & training lies with contractors.
�ts are not interested in helping you develop your contracting career. They are looking for an instant solutions� �in what you do evenings, weekends and in-between contracts when you are not solving problems for them. But i� �skills or capacity in-house. The contractor has a contract that clearly identifies the deliverables, timesca�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Wed, 29 Sept 2010

Contracting mindset tips: contractors are not paid the same as employees
Contractors are responsible for paying employment costs and taxes themselves so employee salaries and contractor fees are not directly comparable.
�a week, do you know how you would calculate what contracting day rate you need to secure the equivalent take-h� �means you can’t directly compare hourly or daily contract rates with employee salaries. Do you know how muc�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Thu, 28 Oct 2010

Contracting mindset tips: contractors can claim expenses formerly paid by themselves
Contractors claim expenses out of pre-tax earnings and offset these costs against profits, thus reducing tax. Employees pay out of their own pockets.
�Once you start contracting, you can claim business expenses in a way that pe� �employee come directly out of your fees when you contract and can help reduce your tax bill. How would you�
Category: Articles: Contracting Mindset Tips | Mon, 01 Nov 2010

How in-house payroll solutions help agencies meet Off-Payroll obligations: part 2
Establishing a payroll using third party software can help agencies meet their Off-Payroll obligations while maximising operational efficiencies.
�st a set monthly fee for the software and support contract. Other providers might increase their costs as th�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Tue, 10 Nov 2020

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

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

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

Why you need income protection to avoid major financial difficulties
You need income protection to ensure you and your family have an income if you becomes too ill to work.
�g cover. When choosing to leave employment and go contracting, you simply no longer have the safety net of sick� �an income when you are ‘on the bench’ in between contracts. There are two main types of income protection. L�
Category: Articles: Contractor Income Protection | Mon, 24 Oct 2016

Contractor Doctor: Can I claim payment protection working for an umbrella company?
When a contract is terminated, umbrella company contractors remain employed and can’t claim payment protection.
�h has a contract with an agency, which in turn is contracted by the end-user client to provide contractors. Co� �Dear Contractor Doctor, I have been contracting through an umbrella company and my contract was t� �not made redundant or given the sack, but that my contracts simply came to an end. What can I expect my umbre� �en contracting through an umbrella company and my contract was terminated early. Since then, I have managed�
Category: Articles: Contractor Income Protection | Tue, 27 Jun 2017