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If your role is that of a consultant, then provided certain criteria are met the role may be inside or outside of IR35.

Here is an example of the answers that show a role to be outside of IR35.

Does the client have the right to reject a substiture?

This is important, and our outside of IR35 contract is written to make it clear that a substitute will be provided.

We are providing a service, in which you as the contractor are the preferred provider, but if you are unable to provide the service, another contractor will in your place.

So the answer here is “No”

Would you have to pay your substitute?

Again this is important, you only get paid if you provide the service, if another contractor provides the service they get paid instead.

Does the client have the right to move you from the task orignally agreed to?

A worker taken on for general tasks, might be moved as priorities change.

This is less relevent for a consultancy role, but the role can’t be changed unless you agree or there is a new contract.

Does the client have the right to decide how work is done?

As a contractor you make the decisions

Does the Client have the right to decide your working hours?

No you and the client agree on those, as it has to be fair for both parties.

Does the client have the right to decide where you do the work?

Our contracts are based on remote working, from time to time it may make sense to attend meetings in person but that is at your descretion.

Will you have to buy equipment before your client pays you?

You provide your own laptop and if remote based your own PC, which of course are tax deductables.

Will you have to fund any vehicle costs before your client pays you?

This is not applicable so the answer is No.

How will you be paid for this work?

We work on a day rate basis.

If the client is not happy, would you have to put it right?

That goes without saying, our clients expect work to be at the appropriate standard.

Will you have management responsibilities for your client?

A consultant provides advice and does not assume management responsibility.

How would you introduce yourself to your clients customers or suppliers?

This is another area where care is needed, your client email address should for example include the phase “contractor”

Does this contract stop you from doing similar work for other clients?

A lot of our work is part-time or Portfolio the idea being to provide services for multiple clients, making it affordable for each client.

Will this work take up the majority of your available working time?

Again a lot of our work is part-time or Portfolio the idea being to provide services for multiple clients, making it affordable for each client.

Have you done any self-employed work of a similar nature for other clients in the last 12 months?

This questions favours portfolio candidates.

These answer together than give an outside of IR35 determination

As you can see this gives an outside of IR35 determination, the biggest factor being that a substitute is or would be acceptable to the client, but there are other questions would could change the answer.

So as you can hopefully see, a contractor working as a consultant can be outside of IR35 provided care is taken with the contract wording and the client and contractor both appreciate the boundries.

Can I be both inside and outside of IR35?

The answer is yes, if your role is made up of multiple tasks for example, you provide your services as a CFO or FD that will be inside IR35 but at the same time you provide E-Commerce or Search Marketing advisory consultancy that will be outside of IR35.  We handle these hydrid assignments and have two contracts that cover the different work streams.

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