The contractor accountant who gets IR35 right.

It turns on whether you'd be an employee if you worked for the client directly, judged on control, personal service (can you send a substitute?), and mutuality of obligation. For medium and large clients the client decides and must give you a Status Determination Statement; for small clients and many overseas engagements the responsibility stays with you and your company. We review the written contract and how you actually work, because HMRC looks at both.

Often not, since 2017. If your VAT-inclusive spend on goods is under 2% of turnover, or under £1,000 a year, you're a limited cost trader and must use the 16.5% rate, which leaves almost no FRS gain. Most consultants and IT contractors are labour-only and fall into this. We run the comparison on your real figures rather than assuming the old sector percentage still helps.

Typically a modest director's salary that still counts toward your state pension, topped up with dividends. Dividends above the £500 allowance are taxed at 10.75% in the basic band, 35.75% in the higher band and 39.35% above that, and they must come from genuine retained profit after Corporation Tax. We model your specific income each year so you don't overpay or vote an illegal dividend.

When your VAT-taxable turnover exceeds £90,000 in any rolling 12 months, or you expect to in the next 30 days. Some contractors register voluntarily below that to reclaim input VAT or look established to clients. We watch your rolling total so you register on time and avoid late-registration penalties.

Travel to a temporary workplace is allowable, but a site becomes permanent once you expect to spend more than 40% of your time there for over 24 months, after which the relief stops. You can claim 55p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles and 25p after, plus a reasonable home-office cost and overnight subsistence when staying away. We keep the records HMRC expects to see.

19% on profits up to £50,000, the 25% main rate above £250,000, and an effective rate between the two via marginal relief in between. Those thresholds shrink if you have associated companies, which catches contractors with more than one company, so we check that before filing.

Everything, on a rolling monthly basis with no long tie-in: bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, company accounts, Corporation Tax and your personal Self Assessment, with a named qualified accountant who replies within 72 hours. Pricing is fixed at £129, £250 or £499 a month depending on your needs, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Yes. You work with a named, qualified accountant who knows your contracts and your numbers, rather than a general inbox and a different person every time. You can email or call them directly, and your questions are included in the fixed fee rather than billed as extras.

We work with the main cloud platforms, FreeAgent, Xero and QuickBooks, set up for a contractor limited company so your invoicing, expenses and Making Tax Digital records stay in one place. If you already use one, we pick it up. If not, we recommend the right fit for how you contract.

Yes. A large share of our contractor clients are IT and technology contractors, alongside engineering and management consultants, creative freelancers and medical locums. The day rate and contract terms differ by sector, but the IR35 and limited company rules that decide your take-home are the same, and that is what we handle.

Yes. We are based in London but act for contractors right across the UK, working entirely online. Whether you contract in the City, elsewhere in the country or fully remote, you get the same fixed fee, the same named accountant and the same IR35 support.

Usually within a few days, and you do not need to wait for your year-end. We handle the professional clearance and records request with your old accountant, pick up your bookkeeping where it stands, and make sure no VAT return, payroll run or filing deadline slips during the handover. You keep contracting as normal.