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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…

By Jimmy Sheehan, Commercial Director, Contracting PLUS. Brexit is creeping up on us slowly and we are so immune to the rhetoric at this stage that very few of us are actually giving any thought to how it is going to affect us. The businesses who export to or through the UK, and those whose…

By Jimmy Sheehan, Commercial Director, Contracting PLUS: We are in a knowledge drought at the moment in the tech sector in general. Many companies have reportedly been looking abroad to seek talent. In fact, in Contracting PLUS we are seeing more contractors from the UK and Eastern European countries taking up contract roles in Ireland….

By Jennifer Doyle:   What are Tax Credits In simple terms, Tax Credits reduce the amount of tax you pay. Everyone is entitled to Personal Tax Credits – the annual credit for a standard individual is currently €1,650. If you’re self-employed (in receipt of trading and professional income) or a proprietary director, you may also…

By Geraldine Penney:   Most Companies don’t start new projects in the height of Summer. Most people are enjoying a much deserved break. September however is a different story with many new projects being kicked off. Professional Contractors particularly those who have contracts coming to an end should use August wisely. August is the time…