Business expenses are costs that you incur ‘wholly, exclusively and necessarily’ in the performance of the duties of your assignment. They can either be ‘billable’ whereby the hirer may agree to reimburse the expense; or ‘non-billable’ which are expenses you incur but are not reimbursed by the hirer.

If you are affected by the changes made to off-payroll working legislation in April 2021, you may be re-considering what your options are when it comes to getting paid. Has your hirer said that you are caught by IR35? Are you allowed to continue using your limited company? Has the hirer insisted that you go through an employment solution such as umbrella? Will your pay rate be changed? How will your net income be affected? Since April 2016, if the hirer has the right to supervise, direct or control you, then HMRC deem you to be treated similar to a permanent employee of the hirer. You are: As a contractor or freelancer, it’s best to be prepared and as clued up as possible in regards to your finances to avoid any nasty surprises later in the year. Using our contractor calculator online gives you a fair estimate of how much you can expect to take home, allowing you to put aside money for tax and providing you with a clearer picture of your financial situation ahead of future planning and budgeting.Under the workplace pension we offer through NEST, the maximum contribution via your payroll will be 4% of your qualifying earnings. Dear Matthew, I'd like to say Thank You for all your help in getting me registered with Giant. You have been extremely professional & committed in your support to answer so many questions I've raised during these last few weeks. you can choose to take your holiday entitlement on an accrued or rolled up prepaid basis. If no choice is made the default position is accrued. You will receive reminders throughout the year to take your holiday entitlement. To enter [x] (multiplication) - key [*] on the numeric keypad on the right or a combination of keys[*] and [Shift].

In some cases, the numbers worked with are so large that special notations such as Knuth's up-arrow notation, the Conway chained arrow notation, and Steinhaus-Moser notation were conceived. Nevertheless, there are certainly scientific uses for big number calculators today, and even if a person may not have any need to use one, it can certainly be entertaining to sate one's curiosity of what 10,000 factorial looks like on a screen. Below is a table that shows big numbers in terms of powers of 10 as well as their respective names. Powers of 10 We recognise that many of you are moving to umbrella employment from your own limited company where you had greater freedom for pension planning. We have therefore tried to be as flexible as we can to offer you a number of different pension planning options under our umbrella employment. Our umbrella service is designed to be simple, paperless and hassle free. We ensure that you receive the right level of support when on assignment, take care of all PAYE tax deductions, give you pension planning options and provide you with a mobile 1st portal so you can easily access your data. All you need to do is complete your timesheets and we will do the rest. We partner with many agencies in such a way that you don’t even have to submit your timesheets to us! Update: Paula Hughes ( @teafairy79) has kindly shared the Bronze, Silver and Gold Calculator Skills displays she made using the Giant Calculator image above. This excellent display is much more functional and informative than mine!

Yes, we have partnered with Independent Financial Advisors, Humphries IFA, who can advise you on more flexible pension planning via a Standard Life salary sacrifice scheme. You might want to consider this if you:

Your agency will quote you the umbrella limited company rate, which can often be confusing because this is giant’s income and not yours To get to your actual taxable gross rate, there are a number of deductions that need to be made including employers national insurance (13.8%), apprenticeship levy (0.5%), employer’s pension (where applicable) and our weekly margin. Once you've joined giant, whether that's PEO, umbrella, or accounts, you will be invited to join our weekly webinars where we deliver content that's tailored specifically for you.Due to the risk many parties will not act as a fee payer. The giant IR35 fee payer takes away this risk.