Umbrella Company - more guides

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What contractors should ask to work out which PAYE brolly is best for them.

Rate, deductions, conversation, and IR35. And possibly explorable in that order -- if you want to avoid nasty surprises as an umbrella employee.

Knowing your payslip's ins and outs is paramount -- to ensure both proper pay and no impropriety.

How to understand salary sacrifice pensions as an umbrella company worker.

The FCSA, Professional Passport, Parasol, SAW Consulting and Clarity Umbrella do some crystal ball gazing for ContractorUK readers.

With an HMRC ‘due diligence’ requirement on recruiters all but incoming, these five umbrella vetting steps are both timely and seminal.

‘Beware of brollies bearing gifts’ -- and other tips for agencies and contractors hoping to shut down the underhand umbrellas.

A refresher on one of the key terms on your payslip -- still being bandied about the umbrella market.

A seven-point checklist to refer to -- for umbrella contractors with doubts about their payday document.

An overview to building a nest egg through a contractor umbrella company.

Another £9,000 thanks to the chancellor could well inspire IR35-hit contractors back into the fold, even via brolly roles caught by the legislation.

A 10-step umbrella company functionality manual, in order of doing, for users.

Now you’ve gone brolly, recap what ‘SDC’ means for your expenses as an umbrella employee.

Reviewing your payslip and pay report is a must when you work through an umbrella company.

A would-be limited company contractor is right that umbrellas are not interested in his IP goals, and nor should they be.

Know your rights to Statutory Sick Pay as an umbrella contractor, but get clued up before you fall unwell.

Make the umbrella company selection process less daunting by posing these ten queries.

How Pay As You Earn through an umbrella company differs from through a recruitment agency.

Salary-sacrifice and ‘relief at source’ are the pensions options for an umbrella contractor stung by an unexpected £4,000 tax bill.

Payments, pensions and deductions not being to your liking doesn’t (always) mean they’re unlawful.