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How am I paid (Gross)?

Everything you will need to know about how you are paid (Gross paid Freelancers - Modus Gross / Service Company / Self Employed)

Updated: 9 November 2024

The information on this page is applicable to Modus Gross, Service Company and Self Employed Engagements.

As a Gross Paid Freelancer you will be paid the Gross amount for your booking that shows on your contract. The only deductions that your payments may be subject to are Pension contributions (if applicable). 

You will be considered self-employed for tax purposes and are therefore responsible for your own tax.

Once you have claimed payment on the Freelance Payment Portal (the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's system that you use to manage your details and accept / claim your bookings), you will be paid in 3-5 working days. You will also be provided with a Remittance via email a couple of days before the payment has been made.

Accounts / Remittance Queries

If you have any queries about an accounts query (such as the below):

  • Requests for copy Invoices/statements
  • Request for a credit check
  • Payment received
  • Queries relating to write off
  • Queries relating to Allocation of funds and reconciliation
  • All queries relating to claimed payments - when will my claim be paid

Please contact the TCS Helpdesk

Email: bbc.accountspayable@bbc.co.uk

Telephone:

0460 (internally)

0800 0581870 externally

+44 (0)203 9597352 from outside the UK

Please ensure that you are aware of your Vendor number when contacting the TCS Helpdesk. This can be found on any remittance copy.

Employment Status Assessment (ESA)

In order to be paid Gross, you will need to demonstrate that you're Self-Employed for Tax purposes. As the engager, we are subject to audit requirements from a number of External Bodies. We have a responsibility to ensure that we have evidence to demonstrate that we have thoroughly assessed any proposed Gross Paid engagement.

Therefore, before your engagement starts your booking may go through an ESA process. Whilst we advise Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ bookers to ensure that bookings are submitted as far in advance as possible, we understand that this may not always be possible. Because of this, there may be a delay in issuing you with your contract, as your engagement will only be approveed once sufficient evidence has been collected to show that you are Self-Employed for tax purposes.

To help your ESA go smoothly, further details may be needed from yourself, such as an Equipment List, or more information about External Working. You can find more information about this . If you provide equipment, or have an LP10 letter, we advise to make your booker aware as early as possible.

For any queries regarding your engagement assessment please speak to your booker.

Claiming Payment

You will need to manually accept and claim your payment on the . Your payments are not claimed automatically. Please ensure that you accept your booking within one working day of receiving your booking confirmation email, and claim your payment in the Claim Payment section of the Freelance Payment Portal.

VAT

Claiming Payment with VAT

As you have been determined Self-Employed for Tax purposes, if you are VAT registered you are able to claim VAT on top of your payments. Please note that VAT will not be included in the figures in your contract, or in the Claim Payment section of the . To claim VAT you will need to:

1) Add your VAT registration number to the FPP in the "My Details" section (if you have trouble with this please contact  with your Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Personal Number, your VAT Registration Number, and a copy of your VAT Certificate.)

2) Once added, you will see a drop down box next to each payment line when claiming your payment. Select the "Input Tax - Domestic" option, and VAT will be added to your invoice. You will see the VAT figure in the claim confirmation screen.

Claiming VAT on a booking that has already been paid

If you claimed a booking without VAT, that took place whilst you were VAT Registered, you will be able to claim VAT on the payment retrospectively by completing the below form and , along with your name and personal number.

Under and Overpayments

If you believe that you have been paid a duplicate payment, not paid a payment that you have claimed, or paid incorrectly, please contact us directly.

Pensions

The pension auto-enrolment process only applies to Modus Gross workers. Self-employed, Service Company and those issued with LP10 do not qualify for pension auto-enrolments.

Eligible Freelancers will be auto enrolled into the NEST Pension Scheme once they have worked on the same engagement for 84 days. A letter is sent 30 days ahead of auto enrolment to inform you prior to being enrolled.

You can opt In earlier by sending an OPT In request to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Finance Service Desk. 

To opt out, you will need to opt out of the NEST portal first then inform TCS so no further deductions are taken from future payments.

Nest deductions will be reflected on your Remittances.

Please note that, if you claim multiple payments in one day, pension contributions will only be taken once (from the entire amount claimed), rather than one contribution taken from each individual payment.

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