There's a cybermonday offer on 70% which is a bit more than the 9.99 price above, but is active now. In the uk it works at 3PCs, 1 year for £12 (internet security) or £15 (total security)

EDIT: the link (UK focus) - I think there's a similar deals for other countries http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Promotions/bfcm/?et_cid=20800076

Thanks to avanquest telling me my license had 30 days to renewal while I still had that promotion's email in my deleted email folder...

I'm in the UK but we have similar rules here. I think I'm in a grey area - or my "main" client is. Maybe I'm deluding myself but I'm just taking the view that he knows the law. He's chosen to do things this way - and so it will be his problem if the taxman gets involved and gets upset.

If, indeed, it is me that the taxman will be upset with, then I shall begin panicking immediately.

-nudone (October 25, 2011, 02:16 AM)

Actually, it would be you and them. Well what the taxman will object to is if nobody is paying NI contributions for you. If you are doing it yourself (declared as self employed, or with a LTD company that employs you and pays some reasonable salary that has NI) then you are off the hook. If you are paying yourself minimum wage then doing the rest as dividends, and you only freelance for one company, then they will see it as a disguised employment and an attempt on your part and the employer's part to avoid paying NI.

Easier to fight off if you are almost never on site than if you are on site. Or get another client for piece work.

http://www.contractoruk.com/ir35/

You could always hire a certain someone I know. Lovely person to talk to. She handles web projects for her employer - who thinks she's a wizard. She's the living embodiment of the 'stream of consciousness' school of programming... :)

-40hz (September 22, 2011, 09:45 AM)

Actually that style worked pretty well for web programming for the longest time, since http is a)linear and b)amnesiac. The industry is full of people like that who managed quite well on the server side programming.
It's harder in our days of ajax, html5, rich interfaces in javascript, flash and silverlight etc.