IT Contracting in OZ ( Brissy )

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Jul 28th 2007 | 1:01 pm

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mjj

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Re: IT Contracting in OZ ( Brissy )

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Originally Posted by iddy

Hi

Anyone give me a rough idea what a senior .NET C# contractor might earn in Brisbane based on 40 weeks per year and how that stacks up against a permenant post?

Cheers

Adrian

As a senior .NET C# developer you would be looking at $60 - $70 per hour. In a permy role you would be looking at a salary between $70K - $100K. Government permy jobs do not pay as much as the private sector. Hope this helps.

P.S A lot of government departments here still use VB.NET as a main development language. Yuck!!

Jul 28th 2007 | 8:14 pm

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Re: IT Contracting in OZ ( Brissy )

Thanks for that. If my maths is right then the potential earnings from contracing dont seem wildy different form a good perementant role, especially when holidays super etc are taken into account.

Is that peoples experience or does contracting actually offer better tax breaks, lifestyle etc?

Jul 29th 2007 | 10:54 pm

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Re: IT Contracting in OZ ( Brissy )

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Contracting certainly doesn't have any tax benefits here. The 80/20 rule is strictly enforced by the ATO....unlike IR35 in the U.K.

Aug 28th 2007 | 4:11 am

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Paul and Chloe

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Re: IT Contracting in OZ ( Brissy )

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Originally Posted by steve99

I'm amazed, I remember hearing about this sort of thing going on 5-10yrs ago but thought everyone was on an even keel now and all the agencies costs we're taken from the client, not the candidate.
So as an example if you were earning $50hr and put through 40hrs for the week you'd be getting $2000 (+gst) they would take $40 from you? (for basically paying you your money)
As well as charge the client at least 10% plus payroll tax and workers comp.

I think the client is charged and not the contractor but if the agency also acts in a PAYG payroll capacity they will normally charge for the service, if you get it paid gross into a business account then there is not normally any additional deductions.

Cheers

Paul