30th January 2009, 09:50 AM
You seem to be dancing around the issues here, especially the one about accomodation. The plumber example was to illustrate the issue about being told what to do and when to do it.
Also your guide on self employment seems to be misleading when compared to that on the Inland revenue website.
and i quote...
'Having undertaken the quick Inland Revenue check above, it is a rare field archaeologist who can credibly claim to be self-employed.
A field archaeologist who is told what to do on-site by a supervisor; or a supervisor who is instructed by a site director cannot under the simple Inland Revenue be self-employed.
If they are paid and registered as self-employed they are probably in breach of Inland Revenue regulations.'
This is not the case.
The inland Revenue says....
'Recent court cases indicate there is no single satisfactory test governing the question whether a person is an employee or self-employed. One must consider all the factors that are present in, or absent from, a particular case; weigh those pointing to employment against those pointing to self-employment; and then stand back and consider the picture that emerges. The result may be that a person is considered to be in business on his own account (self-employed) or is an employee.'
They then go on to list a whole range of factors to be taken into consideration.
As to your question about daily rates, although it is irrelevant to the argument, my answer at this present moment is no.
I have, however in the past worked on that rate for some companies, I have worked for less for others and more for some. Now that I have the experience I can charge more.
Also your guide on self employment seems to be misleading when compared to that on the Inland revenue website.
and i quote...
'Having undertaken the quick Inland Revenue check above, it is a rare field archaeologist who can credibly claim to be self-employed.
A field archaeologist who is told what to do on-site by a supervisor; or a supervisor who is instructed by a site director cannot under the simple Inland Revenue be self-employed.
If they are paid and registered as self-employed they are probably in breach of Inland Revenue regulations.'
This is not the case.
The inland Revenue says....
'Recent court cases indicate there is no single satisfactory test governing the question whether a person is an employee or self-employed. One must consider all the factors that are present in, or absent from, a particular case; weigh those pointing to employment against those pointing to self-employment; and then stand back and consider the picture that emerges. The result may be that a person is considered to be in business on his own account (self-employed) or is an employee.'
They then go on to list a whole range of factors to be taken into consideration.
As to your question about daily rates, although it is irrelevant to the argument, my answer at this present moment is no.
I have, however in the past worked on that rate for some companies, I have worked for less for others and more for some. Now that I have the experience I can charge more.