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Contractors should take care with verbal agreements
It’s fine to have a verbal agreement with your client or agent—these are valid contracts. Just take care in how you handle them.
�tor may well find that a client or agent seeks to contract for work with a verbal agreement. It may be that�
Category: Articles: Legal | Tue, 24 Apr 2007

Contractors need to protect intellectual property
A clause in your contract will probably give all the rights to intellectual property developed on the job to your client. But you can negotiate a better deal.
�ractors Can, Employees Can't ''In most employment contracts, all intellectual property developed by the emplo� �er,'' says David Royden, a lawyer specialising in contract law with Layton’s Solicitors in Manchester. ''The�
Category: Articles: Legal | Mon, 30 Apr 2007

Can contractors claim expenses without receipts?
Contractors often ask how much expenses can be claimed and whether these expenses need receipts?
�e wholly and exclusively for the purposes of your contract. Expenses can potentially be claimed if they are�
Category: Articles: Expenses | Tue, 12 Dec 2017

Contractor travel expenses, tax relief and the 24-month rule explained
Contractors can claim travel expenses and benefit from tax relief as long as they stay within the 24-month rule, says Abbott Moore’s James Abbott.
�reset if, for example, a games developer usually contracted with a small number of closely co-located clients� �penses, depending on the type and location of the contract and the time spent working at each client site. E�
Category: Articles: Expenses | Thu, 29 Mar 2018

Contractor Doctor: Should I keep cash in my company or pay off my mortgage?
Contractors should consider their options before deciding to pay-off debts or delay dividends as it may save tax, says Abbott Moore’s James Abbott.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I have been contracting for over two years now and have now amassed a siz�
Category: Articles: Mortgages | Thu, 10 Aug 2017

Contractor mortgages: mortgage products available
There are many contractor mortgage options, but they’re generally not available from high-street lenders
�y. Often branch staff simply don’t understand the contracting sector, and contractors are better off using prov� �ist who deals with lenders that are able to offer contract based underwriting. For a more general round-up o�
Category: Articles: Mortgages | Thu, 17 Aug 2017

Mortgages for contractors: you can get one
Getting a mortgage when contracting does not have to be painful
�rect access to underwriting teams that understand contracting. These underwriters are not accessible to applica� �. So providers use an annualised multiple of your contract rate: if you are earning a certain number of poun�
Category: Articles: Mortgages | Thu, 14 Sept 2017

Contractor Doctor: Can I use my limited company money to offset my mortgage?
Contractors may face a hefty tax bill, and even prosecution, by using company money to offset personal mortgages, warns James Abbott of Abbott Moore.
�e sums in mortgage interest.” Good luck with your contracting! Contractor Doctor�
Category: Articles: Mortgages | Mon, 18 Sept 2017

Keeping ‘em sweet
With the demand for contractors increasing here’s a guide to holding onto your best ones.
�tractors with high professional standards is that contracts are misrepresented in the recruiting process. If� �burst contractors have been happy just to have a contract and delighted if it got renewed, even with enforc�
Category: Articles: Contractor Insider | Fri, 03 Mar 2006

Contractors can use offset mortgages to save tax
With the credit crunch biting, and mortgage companies removing special offers, contractors can still use offset mortgages to get the flexibility they need.
�vice. "You can take a break from payments between contracts, or away on a long holiday, and then when you sta� �is easy explains the expert: "We have negotiated contract based underwriting with many of the main provider�
Category: Articles: Mortgages | Thu, 12 Jun 2008