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Off-Payroll (IR35) Tax: How to calculate and process ‘deemed direct payments’
Find out how to comply with the Off-Payroll tax rules and mitigate your tax risk by correctly calculating and processing deemed direct payments.
�es must police ‘inside IR35’ payments Another non-compliant practice that clients and agencies need to be awa� �ies are also advised not to deceptively advertise contracts at gross rates, if contractors are ultimately dee� �ng in most cases the deemed direct payment is the contract rate agreed with the worker. According to the leg�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Sun, 23 Aug 2020

Five questions to ask agencies about ‘inside IR35’ contracts
Contractors considering working ‘inside IR35’ under Off-Payroll should ask questions of the agency to seek important clarifications.
�fiting from leading contingent workers into a non-compliant scheme. If you are to accept a contract via an um� �es, many agencies and clients will be advertising contracts as ‘inside IR35’ on the basis that the client has� �ce agencies mention ‘inside IR35’, this means the contract must be accompanied by a status determination sta�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Thu, 21 Jan 2021

IR35 Rules: How to determine if your contract passes - 10 essential points
Signing a contract without checking whether it passes is taking a huge risk. Here’s what to look for before signing the contract.
�s unlimited IR35 assessments, helping you to stay compliant with IR35, combined with insurance to protect aga� �c expertise is in dealing with IR35 issues in the contracting sector. A high street solicitor or accountant is� �n points contractors should look out for in their contracts to determine whether they pass IR35: Point 1: Bac� �If you sign a contract that is within IR35 you could find yourself payin�
Category: Articles: IR35 | Mon, 19 Sept 2016

Contractor guide to understanding umbrella company payslips
Contractors receiving their first umbrella company payslip may benefit from help to understand the calculations, says Chris Futcher of Pulse Umbrella.
�f The Pulse Umbrella Group , payslips provided by compliant umbrella solutions providers will be transparent� �. Approved expenses are “ deducted from the gross contract income and set aside to be reimbursed outside of�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Wed, 19 Dec 2012

Umbrella contractors can’t open limited companies to claim T&S relief
Umbrella companies don’t have to consider adopting risky operating models to continue processing contractor T&S, thanks to a new SDC testing solution.
�able to continue processing T&S expenses in a compliant manner maintain a competitive edge in the market,� �hem onto other tasks not originally agreed in the contract. One concern is that HMRC guidelines note that th�
Category: Articles: Contractor umbrellas companies | Wed, 22 Jun 2016

Contractors and employment rights: a huge can of worms
Contractors don’t need employment rights, but situations do arise where a long-term relationship between a contractor and a client starts to resemble having a job.
�ornet’s nest. Contractors who are operating via a compliant umbrella company are already classed as workers,� �an protect against claims for rights? In general, contracts with clients and agents should take these possibi� �ermined by whether there is an express or implied contract to perform personally any work or services for an�
Category: Articles: Legal | Wed, 28 Feb 2018

Comparing taxes: contractors versus employees
Compared with employees, contractors enjoy only modest tax advantages and generate considerably more tax. Find out how you can help HMRC realise this.
�s unlimited IR35 assessments, helping you to stay compliant with IR35, combined with insurance to protect aga� �take from contractors and employees. How tax from contracting and employment income compares Let’s consider thi�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Mon, 03 Jun 2019

Contractor tax avoidance schemes – an overview
Contractor tax avoidance schemes are worlds away from the schemes used by corporates and the wealthy – and some of them work, says David Colom of DJ Colom & Co
�ainst the ‘spirit’ of the law. But they are fully compliant with the law and do work.” Tax avoidance schemes�
Category: Articles: Tax Issues | Thu, 10 Jul 2014

Taking salary and dividends – best tax strategies
Contractors can tax efficiently extract earnings from their contractor limited companies by paying themselves a low salary and the rest as dividends.
�s unlimited IR35 assessments, helping you to stay compliant with IR35, combined with insurance to protect aga� �choose an accounting firm who specialises in the contracting industry and understands how to achieve this - se� �nd dividend option for the period of the relevant contracts, and must instead pay themselves everything via a�
Category: Articles: Limited Companies | Tue, 19 Dec 2017

Role-based blanket IR35 assessments are unlawful and highly risky
IR35 blanket assessments based on assessing roles are unlawful and present huge risk, yet HMRC still encourages their adoption.
�escription or role also falls a long way short of compliant behaviour. The problem with role-based assessment� �to the already diminished appeal of ‘inside IR35’ contracting and creates significant difficulties for recruite� �cal facts and terms and conditions apply to other contracts, and it is then not necessary to review every ind� �who uses someone else’s assessment is not. “Each contract needs to be assessed and passed in the name to wh�
Category: Articles: Off-Payroll (IR35) Reforms | Fri, 25 Jan 2019