by ClearwaysAccountants | Apr 13, 2016 | Business tax, Contractor, Freelancer, Self Employment, Small business advice, Tax Tips
Should you take the plunge and become a Limited company, or just stick with self-employment? If you are freelancing and you are going to work for a number of clients, like the business that helps me with my marketing (see the link to a recent guest blog by Orchard...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Dec 27, 2014 | Budgets and Autumn statements, Contractor, Self Employment, Tax Tips
Are you affected by the changes for employees of umbrella companies? Employees are not generally able to offset the costs of travelling between their homes and their workplaces, even where the employees are working on short term contracts for a number of different...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jun 7, 2013 | Client case studies, Contractor, Freelancer, IR35, Self Employment, Tax planning, Tax Tips
A potential client (lets call him Andy) had found Clearways Accountants through the Professional Contractors Group accredited accountants scheme. Andy wanted an accountant with start-up knowledge and experience in IR35. He was concerned over the tax he was paying...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jan 9, 2013 | Contractor, IR35, Tax planning, Tax Tips
If you have been contracting for a while using an umbrella company and you have decided that you like the lifestyle and the challenge that contracting gives you, then it will be more beneficial to operate through your own limited company. We have a number of clients...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Nov 2, 2012 | Contractor, Self Employment, Setting up a Business, Tax planning, Tax Tips
This is a common contractor question and the answer is… “It depends”! Setting up your own limited company is easy, just an hour on the Companies House website will be enough, and within a couple of days your new company will be registered and ready...