https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/32419/as-a-locum-should-i-go-permanent-umbrella-or-zero-hours I am just looking for some advice on the so called IR35 regulations on self employed locums. So I am registered self employed with HMRC and locumed for many years before IR35 came in but then took permanent work just because this regulation came intoen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/178174?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 26 May 2023 19:10:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7be8867f-3998-46eb-b640-772062eba9a9jenni99<p>Hi&nbsp;</p> <p>Do you mean a&nbsp;<span>Zero-hour contract ?&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>These have their advantages, like you get holiday pay, maternity&nbsp;pay &amp; SSP, you will not pay more tax - your tax allowance&nbsp;is the same, and you can still claim&nbsp;self employed for other&nbsp;stuff and&nbsp; get the &pound;1000 free trading allowance&nbsp;(or the expenses claims&nbsp;and so on, whichever way you want to go. I feel VetsNow are just trying to over their own backs, tax &amp; NI liability wise&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span>:) I&#39;m presuming you have a company&nbsp;set up for the pet sitting and declare&nbsp;all that income already&nbsp;?&nbsp;</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/178162?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 02 May 2023 16:54:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a0b6c556-ac67-47e7-b3c5-38f61942cc28HomerRVN<p>I am not sure if relevant but have you looked into having your own Ltd company - you could probably run both businesses within the same Ltd company if wanted to. Definitely worth looking at.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>