29th January 2009, 08:57 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR Host
And thats the email I have seen myself from others
- I Highlight in red the bits that glaring say EMPLOYED with comment in green .. in which case said company is not only knowingly employing people on a false "self employed basis" BUT they are able to bid for jobs substantially lower than others who employ people.... undercutting?
We have a project in #### for which we require staff . Are you available 21 July?. The project is scheduled to run for 5 weeks.
The work would be on a self-employed basis at ?60 per day it is up to the self employed person to decide their rate and there would be a probationary period of 2 weeks and how does this work as the person is self employed... ?. Accommodation will be provided Need I say more.. the self employed person will provide this and then invoice the client afterwards,AND it most certainly WILL be taxableand [b]some travel expenses will be reimbursed[/b]some travel expenses? Again this is for the self employed person to put into their initial tender for the job... the one that states how much, and what all the costs will be.
Hmm, back again after delving deep into the past of this thread. I am afraid I disagree with this comment, as does, according to the information on their website, the inland revenue.
None of your highlighted phrases state the individual would be employed per se, it doesn't work like that. It is dependant on looking at the situation as a whole. Furthermore if a contractor provides accomodation to a self-employed worker it is an allowerable expense as it is away from that workers usual place of work, i.e. their home/office. If on the other hand, the worker was on a short-term employment contract, the provided accomodation would be a taxable benefit, as the place of work would be the site.
You are correct however, that it is up to a self-employed worker to set their own rates, as it is up to the employer to set the rates they will accept, i.e. ?60per day.
Also it is perfectly acceptable for a self-employed sole-trader to work on a daily rate rather than a fixed sum. And what is this nonesense about a self-employed worker can't be told what to do, when they can work on site or how to do the work? I always tell the plumber or the builder what I want them to do and when they can do it!