FAQ

Cool Company handles all administration for our own employees and ensures that the salary comes to the account after the invoice is sent and the customer paid. But in between questions can of course arise. Here we have gathered information and answers to questions that can arise when you are a freelancer or consultant.

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Cool Company takes a fee of 5.98% of the invoiced amount excluding VAT. The fee includes:

  • Reporting and paying taxes, contributions and VAT to the Swedish Tax Agency.
  • Paying your salary with the tax already deducted.
  • Bookkeeping, auditing (KPMG) and debt collection (Intrum Justitia), but please note that legal matters are not included in debt collection.
  • Administering your ROT & RUT (non-commercial clients) deductions. There are no fixed fees or hidden charges.
  • When you pre-register an assignment, we make sure that you have the insurance you need.

You get paid within 24 hours of us receiving payment from your client. You can select payment terms of 10, 20 or 30 days for your invoices (i.e. the number of days your client has to pay). We notify you by email when we receive your client’s payment.

Need to be paid even quicker? You can apply for Cool Company’s ExpressPay® service. That way, you get paid as soon as we’ve approved your ExpressPay® application and the client has approved your invoice.

When you create an invoice for your work, you can always see your net salary at the bottom of the screen. Click on the ‘Our calculation’ heading to view a detailed summary of the invoice’s various costs, including the ones you are paying to Team members, and ROT or RUT costs.

Tip: Before accepting an assignment, you can work out what your salary will be depending on the size of the invoice. This can be useful when deciding how much to charge for an assignment. 

The salary specification for the current month is updated every time you request a payment. The specifications for previous months contain the complete accumulated summary.

FAQ by topic

How it works

Here we have gathered our most common questions and answers about how it works being a self employeed with Cool Company.

Insurance, sick pay and work environment

Do you have any questions regarding your work environment or what insurance is covering you when you’re  working on an assignment? Read more about that and sick pay here. 

Independent contracting

Being self employeed can raise some questions, hopefully you can find the answers to your questions regarding independent contracting here.

Invoice

Here we have gathered the most common questions and answers about invoicing as a self-employed person. 

Deductions

We have collected the most common questions and answers regarding deductions for expenses. 

Salary

As a self-employed person you should put the right price on your own time, but it is also important to have control and understanding about which part of the invoice amount is actually your salary.

Webservice

We have collected frequently asked questions about how our webservice works here.

Collective agreement

We have collected frequently asked questions about how the collective agreement here.