benlast

I may have the option of doing a 6-9 month contract job (software development in a reasonably specialist area). Anyone been through the route of setting yourself up as self-employed in Australia to do this, and could pass on some tips on the best way to do it?

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sr71

Every single person I've spoken to says not to do it that way. In addition I'm pretty sure the Australian tax office enforces an 80/20 rule on revenue - you can't have more than 80% of your total revenue from a single source.

There are a couple of methods that contractors use here, one is to go through a type of umbrella company, the other is that the agency handles PAYE.

benlast

Ok, so self-employed isn't the way - presumably by "umbrella company" you mean use an off-the-shelf company or the like, as one would in the UK?

In this case, there's no agency.

Cheers
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sr71

It would be someone like this :

http://www.cxcglobal.com.au/

benlast

Thanks - hadn't heard of these guys, but it looks like a reasonable service.

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hoofie2002

The CXC rep in Perth, Jeff Malinis a great bloke. However when I was with them a year or so ago, the admin office in Sydney were a bit useless. Having said that, when they messed up Jeff sorted it out asap so all credit to him.

Give him a call at least.