Freelance Guide

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  1. About

    1. Foreword

  2. Planning

    1. Going freelance
    2. What are you going to do?
    3. Thinking of changing career?
    4. Why do you want to do it?
    5. Is it realistic?

  3. Setting Up

    1. Deciding on a trading name
    2. Registering your business
    3. Business address

  4. Tax, Pensions & Accounting

    1. Accounting
    2. Software
    3. Cash basis vs traditional accounting
    4. Expenses
    5. Tax Returns
    6. Payments on account
    7. Tax Saving
    8. Bank accounts
    9. VAT
    10. Digital VAT
    11. Pensions

  5. Contracts

    1. Contracts
    2. What a contract should include

  6. Money

    Supported by The Freelance Pricing Guide

    1. Intro
    2. How to charge
    3. Working out rates
    4. Rush rates
    5. Deposits
    6. Discounts
    7. Costs

  7. When Things Go Wrong

    1. Professional Indemnity insurance
    2. Late payment
    3. Small Business Commissioner
    4. Coronavirus Planning
    5. Coronavirus Support