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		<title>Good contractors are worth every bit of their day rate!</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/08/26/good-contractors-are-worth-every-bit-of-their-day-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/08/26/good-contractors-are-worth-every-bit-of-their-day-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will know I have never had a lot of respect for the average agency, thinking that most of them exhibit a degree of professional casualness totally at odds with their advertising. ]]></description>
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		<title>So when is a business not a business?</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/04/01/so-when-is-a-business-not-a-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Primarola]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is a question that’s been exercising me and a few like-minded souls over the last week. And this existential philosophising has been prompted by the planned creation of the IR35 Forum, which aims to establish who is liable for consideration as IR35 fodder and who isn’t.]]></description>
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		<title>IR35 &#8211; The war is not won&#8230;.yet</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/03/11/ir35-the-war-is-not-won-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/03/11/ir35-the-war-is-not-won-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ir35 rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abolition of IR35]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoraccountants.com/?p=3287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big news of the day is the release of the Office for Tax Simplification’s report on Small Business Taxation. Well, big news for freelance contractors anyway. This is because this is the report that lays out what they think should happen to IR35.]]></description>
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		<title>What is the dark art of Tax Planning?</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/02/17/what-is-the-dark-art-of-tax-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2011/02/17/what-is-the-dark-art-of-tax-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Durrant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[tax avoidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director's salary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dividends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Durrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAYE]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoraccountants.com/?p=3132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In August 1989 I started my training as an Accountant. Mrs. Thatcher was still the Prime Minister and everyone under the age of 21 wanted an XR3i or a 205 GTi.]]></description>
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		<title>Economics 101…</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/11/19/economics-101%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/11/19/economics-101%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contractors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoraccountants.com/?p=2600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The discussion about the Office of Tax Simplification is gaining momentum as the body itself starts to get fully organised. A fair range of interested parties have been discussing how they want to see things change. Naturally, for those of us who have lived with it for eleven years, a lot of this discussion has been about IR35.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC loses s660a dividends tax case</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/08/19/hmrc-loses-s660a-dividends-tax-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/08/19/hmrc-loses-s660a-dividends-tax-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contractor Accountants</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoraccountants.com/?p=2151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contractor accountants might be interested to hear that HMRC has lost their case against a couple who it claimed owed nearly £20,000 tax on four years’ dividends.]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor accountant answers your questions&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/04/22/contractor-accountant-answers-your-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2010/04/22/contractor-accountant-answers-your-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contractor Accountants</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ir35 insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carrington accountancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor accountant]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoraccountants.com/?p=1569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carrington Accountancy have come up with a novel way to keep their contractors abreast with the latest changes in legislation and tax planning.]]></description>
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		<title>Ways Around the Proposed 50% Tax Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/12/02/ways-around-the-proposed-50-tax-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/12/02/ways-around-the-proposed-50-tax-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contractor Accountants</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[50% tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business bank account]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who have an income of £150k+ have the unwelcome prospect of a new 50% tax rate with effect from April 2010.  A multitude of mitigation options have been suggested by "experts" that range from the sensible to the ridiculous. ]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor mortgages &#8211; getting one is easy when you know how</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/25/contractor-mortgages-for-contractors-of-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/25/contractor-mortgages-for-contractors-of-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mortgages for contractors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems slightly paradoxical that while freelancers frequently earn more than their permanently-employed colleagues, they routinely have issues trying to obtain mortgages. This problem arises when you try to demonstrate to the mortgage provider that you can actually afford it.]]></description>
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		<title>As a contractor, what is a reasonable mix of salary, expenses and dividends?</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/12/as-a-contractor-what-is-a-reasonable-mix-of-salary-expenses-and-dividends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/12/as-a-contractor-what-is-a-reasonable-mix-of-salary-expenses-and-dividends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contractor expenses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in business on your own account and working through a limited company, how you take money from the company to pay your bills is entirely up to you. There are no set rules you need to adhere to about how you do it.]]></description>
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		<title>How contractors can use ESC16 to close down their limited company</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/12/how-contractors-can-use-esc16-to-close-down-their-limited-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoraccountants.com/2009/11/12/how-contractors-can-use-esc16-to-close-down-their-limited-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a company is closed down and all its various taxes and debts paid off, there is usually a sum of money left over. This money belongs to the shareholders of the company and is usually distributed to them as a final dividend.]]></description>
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