| If you’re a first time contractor, then it is advisable | | | | there is a minimum effort required. |
| to seek the services of an umbrella company rather | | | | It best suits contractors who have both short and |
| than exert time and money on building a limited | | | | long-term contracts who want minimum effort. |
| company. Especially if you don’t plan to stay in this | | | | For short-term contractors, the main advantage is that |
| set up for a long period of time. | | | | you don’t need to go through the costly process of |
| When you use an umbrella company, you basically | | | | forming your own limited company and then later on |
| become an employee of the umbrella company. And | | | | arranging for it to be dissolved. |
| as part of the process, you need to submit your | | | | The PAYE umbrella company will be the one |
| timesheets to the umbrella company either on a | | | | responsible for calculating and deducting all tax and |
| weekly or monthly basis. They will in turn give the end | | | | National Insurance contribution prior to giving you the |
| client an invoice for the work that you have carried | | | | net salary. So there’s no need to worry about |
| out. You are then paid by the umbrella company as a | | | | calculating your tax as everything is taken care off for |
| PAYE employee minus some small fees. | | | | you. |
| Some of the major benefits of choosing a PAYE | | | | Aside from the expense claims and timesheets, there |
| umbrella company include: | | | | is only very little other paperwork to be completed. |
| The PAYE Umbrella Company provides appropriate | | | | And of course, they are very easy to use. |
| solutions for contractors at all salary rates. | | | | Contractors under an umbrella company simply submit |
| They offer the perfect solution for contractors who | | | | their timesheets and expenses claims to them and just |
| are simply contracting as an in between job or is | | | | wait to be paid. |
| unsure yet if contracting is what they really want since | | | | |