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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.
�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

Contractor interview: sue builds a better life contracting
Having left a permanent job to take up contracting, Sue has built a better business and has a more rewarding lifestyle.
�en years, to become a contractor. Never Regretted Contracting ''And I've never regretted it,'' Sue insists. ''T� �d start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the area she was now living in. She works� �ue to do that anyway.'' With a good start on this contract, Sue gathered a few more contracts around the are�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 28 Apr 2008

INTERVIEW: Take a few tips from the contractor who overnight went from £35k to £85k
Tired of languishing in IT sales, veteran contractor Paul Drew reinvented himself as a project manager and saw his income jump overnight by £50k.
�an contractor Paul Drew’s book, whose approach to contracting changed his career, and bank balance, out of all� �of reasons why I consistently managed to win new contracts, and none of those reasons are rocket science,” s� �rtunity presented itself, with an interview for a contract with one of the leading IT firms, working for wha�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Mon, 26 Jan 2009

INTERVIEW: Don’t let a bad apple ruin your contracting barrel says veteran contractor
Contractors must take the rough with the smooth and shouldn’t let a bad experience put them off, says contracting stalwart Jane Smith.
�mith. And as her story shows, anyone who has been contracting for any length of time needs to develop the ‘rhin� �picking up the phone book. And, as most of Jane’s contracts are direct with the client, she doesn’t usually h� �re client politics “I won a high paying six-month contract, working through an agency, for a major logistics�
Category: Articles: Contractor Interviews | Tue, 03 Mar 2009

IR35 successor possibilities: what happens in the United States of America
If a successor adopted a US-style independent contractor test, then any replacement would financially penalise clients for misclassification.
�ch a replacement to IR35 could ultimately lead to contracts being offshored.� �ship’ – this includes factors such as the written contract, provision of benefits and a factor similar to mu�
Category: Articles: IR35 Review: Office of Tax Simplification | Mon, 06 Sept 2010

IR35 future: Australia’s legislation to tackle false self-employment
Australia uses legislation designed to identify the personal services income (PSI) of contractor businesses, with higher taxes for those caught.
�and construction professionals – could have their contracting income classed as PSI. However, where the cost of� �equipment is greater than 50% of the value of the contract, the income is not classed as PSI. So a contract�
Category: Articles: IR35 Review: Office of Tax Simplification | Mon, 27 Sept 2010

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