Vodafone and Atos suspended from Prompt Payment Code

The telco and techie are among 17 firms ‘named and shamed’ for unfairness over supplier invoices.

Prompt Payment Code: List of suspended and removed firms (Q1 2019)

First ever rundown of companies that have broken their prompt payment promise.

Hammond accused of lying about loan charge lobbyist

Chancellor is asked to take back his ‘simply false’ statement about LCAG.

Contractors, set your optimum dividend-salary mix for 2019/20

Tax-saving or extraction? Whatever your PSC’s priority, these numbers you must know.

Contractor late payment letters - free templates

Sample letters that unpaid IT contractors can use to make clients cough up.

When your contractor limited company isn't paid on time

In 2019, a ‘Letter Before Action’ is no good if your actions before the letter didn’t cut it.

How contractors can Brexit-proof their data protection practices

GDPR has been thrown in the air by Brexit, although some duties can be pinned down now.

Now Loan Charge 2019 is here, will sense finally prevail?

Signs of a flexible taxman (once you settle) are pleasing; less so his other new clawback power.

Contractors’ Questions: Must my CV be in Word format, or just PDF?

It’s a mistake to turn down the simple requests of your customer’s partner. Just roll with it.

Contractors’ Questions: What’s best for a three-month contract in Luxembourg?

A confused PSC actually has as many options as he does months in the contract, but a brolly looks best.

Britons' overseas tax knowledge gaps swell HMRC’s haul to £6.5m

Tie-ups with foreign taxmen paying dividends for a Revenue raising seven times as much.

Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams wins IR35 appeal

‘Creditable’ freelancer defeats HMRC’s £124k tax bill, without Substitution and with Mutuality.

New IR35 case stopped in its tracks by Taxpayers Charter

HMRC's bid to hold IR35 enquiry open indefinitely is thwarted using its own vows.

BBC set June deadline to fix freelancer ‘mishandling’

Sixty days to sort your ‘shocking’ limited company engagements stance, MPs tell the corporation.

What the big message behind Big Bad Wolff’s defeat really is

Be aware of all rules, especially any that put you inside IR35, or you too will be bitten.

Contractors’ Questions: Does the start of Making Tax Digital apply to me?

A PSC’s accountant should have been in touch, ideally, even if just to confirm VAT as usual.

Glenister loses IR35-NICs battle with HMRC

TV conman is left £150k out of pocket, by judges who ‘didn’t buy his hopeless claims.’

2019 Loan Charge debate fails to win a delay or review

Treasury turns down 160 MPs fighting for contractors, in a ‘ridiculous whitewash.’

Contractors, happy new tax year 2019/20

Allowances set by Hammond are there to be used, and not just because his IR35 grab looms.

HMRC disputes that end in court surge by 43%

Massive jump in FTT cases, as taxpayers push back a ‘more aggressive’ taxman.

What contractors share with tots when it comes to career advice

Just as 2-year-olds have their ABCs, ‘DABSUN’ gives you the building blocks for contracting.

Contractors, are you ready for Key Information Documents?

Another April 2020 change will add to the admin-compliance burden, but PSCs might actually like it.

IR35 reform debate by MPs condemned as ‘too little, too late’

PSCs will agree 2017's ‘lessons haven’t been learned’ but, for 2020, decisions have been taken.

Government replies to IR35 consultation respondents

Treasury says CEST is going to change; rejects blanketing as common and denies loan charge link.

Over 70 MPs write to Stride ahead of Loan Charge debate response

Treasury has until Thursday, but a vote to force the charge’s suspension already looks likely.

IT contractor index falls to almost three-year low

Growth in demand for IT freelancers has not looked as miniscule since August 2016.

Let’s stop the next batch of contractors falling victim to schemes

When even what they call themselves isn’t correct, you can know the arrangement is a wrong’un.

Don’t dread Making Tax Digital, despite its obvious boon for HMRC

Now-live digital tax accounts are cause for much less concern than you’re being led to believe.

Contractors, the Loan Charge APPG Review is absolutely damning

Disgraceful. Scandalous. Unprecedented. More of the truth about HMRC must come out today too.

2019 Loan Charge contractors handed 11th hour advice

Practical tips ahead of Friday’s final deadline get issued, pending a last-minute reprieve.

HMRC boss ‘presiding over loan charge misinformation campaign’

John Thompson faces charges of misdirection on multiple fronts, including HMRC’s Hyrax ‘victory.’

Contractors’ Questions: Is an escrow service right for me and my client?

Consult the payment's world referee to get a win-win result, rather than nerves or a no-go.

Treasury stands by taxman over loan charge suicide allegation

Officials insist their only point about suicide stories still stands -- consent was lacking.

Contractors alerted to ‘worrying’ trend of loan schemes still flourishing

Providers remain online, unphased and offering ‘glass crash helmets’ if HMRC wins, again.

MPs accuse HMRC of slander over Loan Charge suicide allegation

Letter to the chancellor seeks apology and correction for taxman’s ‘barefaced lie.’