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(Updated 25th March 2020) As the Coronavirus protective measures ramp up, people are concerned about the impact the virus will have not just on their daily lives but on their ability to go to work, earn their living and pay bills. What does this mean for you as a self-employed Professional Contractor? The good news…

By Jimmy Sheehan, Commercial Director, Contracting PLUS While speaking recently at the National Recruitment Federation Annual Conference in Dublin, I was raising some points about Contracting in Ireland. Following that I’ve received a number of queries on how companies can compliantly engage Independent Contractors. IR35 (UK legislation which essentially brings parity to the taxation of…

Typically Contractors operate through a limited company structure. This protects you personally, in the event of something going wrong. As a sole trader, you are the business. So if you do something wrong and your client wants to take a case against you, then everything you own is at risk. However, operating through a Personal…

By Chris O’ Callaghan, Team Manager, Contracting PLUS As you will be aware a number of changes have been made by Revenue in Ireland as part of the PAYE modernisation process. From 1st January 2019, the P60 is abolished in line with PAYE Modernisation. This means employees will no longer receive a P60 at the…

By Jimmy Sheehan, Commercial Director, Contracting PLUS. Professional Contractors typically operate through a limited company structure. This protects you personally, in the event of something going wrong. As a sole trader, you are the business. So if you do something wrong and your client wants to take a case against you, then everything you own…

By Richard Marshall; Associate Director – Tax Capital Gains Tax (commonly referred to as CGT) is a tax payable on the profit you make when disposing of an asset. Let’s say you buy 1,000 shares and when you buy them they’re worth €1 each, so you spend €1,000 on them. A few years later you sell…

Richard Burton CEO The Irish Institute of Nutrition & Health. (IINH) shares his insights on what we need to do to stay healthy for work Staying healthy is important for all of us, but when you work as a Contractor and daily productivity is vital to a long and successful career, it really is important…

It was a damp squib of a budget for the most part. We know you’re busy and will have either heard lots of bits and pieces about what did and didn’t happen, so our Commercial Director, Jimmy Sheehan, sums up the main points for Professional Contractors in just 4 minutes…    

By Eimear Larrissey, Tax Team member at Contracting PLUS. As a Professional Contractor you are responsible for filing your own tax return. If you are a Professional Contractor with Contracting Plus we will file your tax return for you – as filing your annual tax returns is all part of the service we offer. In…

By Jennifer Doyle, Solutions Team Manger, Contracting PLUS. Contracting offers great opportunities for skills development, flexibility in how and when you work, and greater career control. Then there’s also the financial benefits! Don’t just take our word for it though… our online Take-Home Pay calculator will allow you to test this out yourself. Here’s a…