Author Archives: James Collings
How would you improve IR35 administration?
How do you solve a problem like Maria? That was the question at the beginning of the Sound of Music. It was the anguished cry of the Nuns when faced with someone that just didn't fit in, was at odds … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Freelancing
Tagged Business Membership, Corporate Accounts, Freelancers, George Osborne, Government, Hmrc, Ir35, Legislation, Ots, Simple Test, Tax Payers, Treasury Ministry
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Better than average?
How busy is a system? If one could measure a system at the most detailed level, then a system would either be busy doing "something" or it would be idle doing "nothing". Curiously enough, moving from this fact to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Posts, Capacity Management
Tagged Average, busy, Measurement, Percentile, Resource Utilisation, Rough Indication, Time Interval, Time Period
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Should you ever replace a planning assumption?
In the planning cycle, you start off with a load of assumptions. Then observations are made of existing systems, and you might be tempted to say that your assumptions were wrong... but are they? Does experience of system A automatically … Continue reading