I have been dealing with Contractor clients for a couple of
years. There are some problems that I come across in normally all of them are
as follows, I am sharing this as it might be helpful for any person who is
starting contracting or already a contractor.
One thing is clear that you will be able to take home 75-80
percent of the income for example if you earn 350 pound per day you will be
able to take home 280 per day and more with you are earning more 350 per day. And
it is far more tax efficient than being in permanent employment.
Secondly as a director of the business you can take salary
and dividends of a total of 42,000(approx). And if you have no more personal
income like: rental etc you can save personal tax or even not pay any personal
tax at all.
Thirdly the most important thing that a director of a
limited company needs to know is how to use the business bank account and which
expenses to claim for. The expenses that are wholly and exclusively for the
business are eligible expenses, and the director has to pay for the normal
expenses of the business through personal account after transferring a fixed
amount of money from the business account. And update the expenses claim
monthly. The expenses to be paid directly from the business account are:
Professional insurance, Health insurance, Professional fees, Pension
contribution, HMRC taxes, Wages and salaries, Dividend and the transfer to
director personal account.
There are more to accounting for contractors than just the
three points above. I will try to cover more points in my coming posts. Should
you be looking to find accountant in London please feel free to contact
Excellence Accounting Limited at accounts@excellenceaccounting .com/
02032894704
We have a specialist team in London office that deals with
contractors, freelancers, self employed and startups. We are available Monday
to Saturday 11am to 11pm.Our response time is within 24 hours and we have a
team of qualified accountants for contractors who are very flexible and can
meet with you via email, phone or face to face anytime you need.
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