Current permco raised "would you like to contract for us"... IR35? Contract?

[northernladuk]

Fair enough. And Yup...as a permy looking to make the transition soon (currently saving up to roughly 6-9 months worth of living expenses - and researching on CUK in every spare moment) I am trying to adopt an attitude from day 1 whereby my choosing a gig or it's financial viability will not be dependent on the difference in my take home between being inside or outside IR35.

Sounds like the right way to approach it. Have a look at the tips sticky to see if there is anything new there you hadn't considered and might be worth researching...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...-business.html

[matty]

And we're off!

So, in an exciting turn of events, I politely declined staying at existing co in any shape or form as I wanted to stick to my plan. They were cool (I think they respected me for it actually). Finished there, was still getting paid for a few days (hol owed), took that + a few days at my own cost and hammered the job boards, phone, networking circuit etc! And landed a contract - day rate I'm happy with, sensible client and agent, weekly timesheets, self-billing invoices, and weekly payment cycle. First 2 weeks done now, so first payment came through yesterday yay!

So it's all go now ... Thanks for your support and info on here

Only down side is clientco uses Lotus Notes.

[MrMarkyMark]

So, in an exciting turn of events, I politely declined staying at existing co in any shape or form as I wanted to stick to my plan. They were cool (I think they respected me for it actually). Finished there, was still getting paid for a few days (hol owed), took that + a few days at my own cost and hammered the job boards, phone, networking circuit etc! And landed a contract - day rate I'm happy with, sensible client and agent, weekly timesheets, self-billing invoices, and weekly payment cycle. First 2 weeks done now, so first payment came through yesterday yay!

So it's all go now ... Thanks for your support and info on here

Only down side is clientco uses Lotus Notes.

Well done

[DanielSQL]

First of all. Congratulations to the OP.

Would a change of job title and / or working days have made a difference?

[LondonManc]

So, in an exciting turn of events, I politely declined staying at existing co in any shape or form as I wanted to stick to my plan. They were cool (I think they respected me for it actually). Finished there, was still getting paid for a few days (hol owed), took that + a few days at my own cost and hammered the job boards, phone, networking circuit etc! And landed a contract - day rate I'm happy with, sensible client and agent, weekly timesheets, self-billing invoices, and weekly payment cycle. First 2 weeks done now, so first payment came through yesterday yay!

So it's all go now ... Thanks for your support and info on here

Only down side is clientco uses Lotus Notes.

Thanks for the update and well done. As you'll learn in a while, the second contract is always the hardest.

First of all. Congratulations to the OP.

Would a change of job title and / or working days have made a difference?

You've lost him, get over it.

[diseasex]

Thanks for the update and well done. As you'll learn in a while, the second contract is always the hardest.



You've lost him, get over it.

second was the easiest (3 days of looking). But that was luck