IR35 as justification for admin fees
Discussion
Hi all,
Apologies for this being more of a moan than anything.
I operate as a sole trader rather than being set up as a limited company.
I've just received a letter from a company that I've done work for on and off over the last couple of years saying that following a review of their IR35 policy, they will be charging me a small monthly fee to administer my pay. They state that they are doing this in order to "help me" remain outside of IR35.
They also insist on several annual training certificates which aren't required by any of the other firms I work for. They put on company training sessions to cover these certificates and again they've said that they'll be deducting related course fees to show that I'm not an employee and to protect my IR35 status.
Whilst the monthly administration fees are relatively small, I can't help but feel that they're using IR35 as an excuse to claw back money from each of the contractors working for them. I wouldn't necessarily mind but my contract originally stated that I should send a monthly invoice to them which I did. These invoices were ignored and I was informed that there was no need to provide invoices. Instead I received a seemingly random amount of pay each month into my account and no written record of what I'm being paid for. I'd inevitably have to spend time each month documenting the shifts I'd worked, the rate of pay agreed and providing email evidence of this before I'd get the right amount paid. It seems a bit much to be charged a monthly fee for this inconvenience!
I realise that this is probably all a bit petty and that ultimately if I don't like these changes I can always work elsewhere, but I fancied getting it off my chest and wondered if anyone had any views on the situation.
Apologies for this being more of a moan than anything.
I operate as a sole trader rather than being set up as a limited company.
I've just received a letter from a company that I've done work for on and off over the last couple of years saying that following a review of their IR35 policy, they will be charging me a small monthly fee to administer my pay. They state that they are doing this in order to "help me" remain outside of IR35.
They also insist on several annual training certificates which aren't required by any of the other firms I work for. They put on company training sessions to cover these certificates and again they've said that they'll be deducting related course fees to show that I'm not an employee and to protect my IR35 status.
Whilst the monthly administration fees are relatively small, I can't help but feel that they're using IR35 as an excuse to claw back money from each of the contractors working for them. I wouldn't necessarily mind but my contract originally stated that I should send a monthly invoice to them which I did. These invoices were ignored and I was informed that there was no need to provide invoices. Instead I received a seemingly random amount of pay each month into my account and no written record of what I'm being paid for. I'd inevitably have to spend time each month documenting the shifts I'd worked, the rate of pay agreed and providing email evidence of this before I'd get the right amount paid. It seems a bit much to be charged a monthly fee for this inconvenience!
I realise that this is probably all a bit petty and that ultimately if I don't like these changes I can always work elsewhere, but I fancied getting it off my chest and wondered if anyone had any views on the situation.
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