Another Victory for contractors
Elaine Richardson, director of ECR Consulting Ltd was targeted by the taxman in November 2005, when she was deemed to be a ‘disguised employee’, as per HMRC’s employment status rules. The contractor was working via her own limited company for Vertex Data Science at the time, and faced a backdated tax bill of over £50,000 [...]
The Modern IT Contractors Must – Action List
Valuable tips for every contractor! A Great Contract House – Ensure that a well established ( 1999) and effective Contract House has your CV and knows when you are available. Ensure that former clients, employers, former coworkers, classmates from Varsity or College and your Linkedin and Facebook contacts know you are in the market. Specialize [...]
More on Ann Redston as per requests
AWKinekt Contract House, Cape Town premier outsourced contracting house reports further that UK Tax Prof Ann Redston states that the UK’s Revenue authorities have ” not………found it easy to apply the existing law to attack umbrellas with arguments that their contracts are not ‘genuine overarching contracts of employment’. This is a complex area turning on [...]
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CAPES on terms of eployment
CAPES ( Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector) has just reported that employers should continue to support a-typical forms of employment ( ie labour broking or indirect short term LRA contracts) and not be panicked into not renewing contracts. They report the draft legislation is very far from finalised, there are at least [...]
BlackBerry messenger, the new social currency
A tornado effect is set to hit the South African mobile industry in 2013, when the demand for services will outstrip supply, according to internet guru Arthur Goldstuck. He said 2011 would see a connectivity revolution, changing not only the way people use technology but also how it affects their daily lives, while 2012 would [...]
We help you think of the Future!
In his Budget speech of the of February 23 2011, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced that with effect from March 2012, employer contributions in respect of employees’ retirement would be treated as a taxable fringe benefit and an employee would be entitled to claim as a deduction, an amount of up to 22.5% of their [...]
What you can expect to earn in IT
Cape Town’s premier IT Contracting Platform: What you can expect to earn in IT: AW Kinekt Contract House – Cape Town’s premier IT Contracting platform reports; these are expected median salaries in the field of South African IT as an employee: Matric, diplomas and certificates can expect around R 300K. Honours Degree holders earn just [...]
