Contractors’ Questions: What does ‘proper care and judgement’ involve while I’m on furlough?

Seven duties sum up what directors should be doing whenever furloughed between now and April 2021.

IR35 and 2020: a torrid year for contractors, in review

What’s been on the status front, and what shan’t now repeat itself.  Hopefully.

Moving from limited company to umbrella, agency or client payroll

A permanent job will be on the Christmas list of many a contractor, this year much more than most.

Contractors’ Questions: Can I self-isolate less after returning from a covid-risky country?

England expects every high-risk returnee to now spend only 10 days indoors, down from 14.

‘Thousands’ of IR35-hit contractors face Loan Charge crisis rerun

Alert over history repeating itself, partly as you ‘sold your soul to the devil’ by forming a limited company.

Loan charge experts reveal litany of problems since Morse Review

A ‘good but could do so much better’ assessment of HMRC belies a lot of still ‘gross’ goings-on.

Flexible pensions for contractors from Raindrop

Flexible pensions for contractors from Raindrop

Contractors cleared of skewing CEST results, thanks to HMRC data

Taxman will have a task accusing PSCs of gaming the system to get desirable outcomes, experts suggest.

Using a UK limited company abroad after Brexit: 11th hour overview

Barring a last-minute miracle, the conditions for PSC contractors to work overseas look choppy.

Overhaul CEST for its 189,000 'unable to determine' results, HMRC told

Taxman’s tool to decide contractor IR35 status is indecisive almost a fifth of the time.

Lords committee to probe Loan Charge in wake of Morse Review

Questions about independence will likely be fired but, under wraps at HMRC, they may have been answered already.

How to use Zoom to ace your next contractor job interview

And how to avoid being remembered as the goofy techie who was a rabbit in the headlights.

Contractors’ Questions: What about health insurance for a contract in Canada?

Disappointment for a contractor off to Ottawa, hoping the UK’s double-taxation treaty covers his medical cover.

IR35 reform: 'Unprecedented' to pass a law while fearing it was likely defective

Jesse Norman admits it’s an episode he’s never heard of before, and has no appetite to repeat.

IT contractor demand defies coronavirus lockdown by growing, marginally

November took the momentum out from the temp tech market’s recovery, but billings are still up.

Restoring the wrongful trading waiver is a U-turn PSCs will welcome, but it far from cuts it

Now may be the calm before the storm for limited companies, which it may fall to us IPs to shelter directors from.

What is a Professional Employer Organisation (PEO)?

Understanding umbrellas is key to unlocking an increasingly popular way to contract now and from April.

Top IT contractor skills for 2021

Opinions abound, but there’s five fundamental tech areas which it’s hard to see not dominating.

Is HMRC’s offer to pause ongoing IR35 investigations an olive branch or red herring?

Taxman says he’s checking if you’re ready to restart him probing your status. Is saying ‘no’ really an option?

Contractors, make the most of your festive furlough, with a tax-deductible training course

Honing skills for 2021 must be the most positive, tax-savvy use of a furloughed limited company director’s Christmas time.

VAT pros and cons: When contractors should and shouldn’t register for Value Added Tax

Following on from part one, everything else PSCs need to know about VAT (includes IR35 and laptops).

IR35 experts take Treasury’s £740m delay figure with a pinch of salt

An official forecast is downgraded to an ‘estimate.’ And then downgraded from that to ‘finger in the air guesswork.’

HMRC warns contractors on take-home pay, as ‘second wave of IR35 reform’s impact’ hits

Don’t be like Duncan, says the taxman, in a familiar but now off-payroll-charged message.

Agency kickbacks: when contractors use their recruiter’s PSL umbrella company

An overview for PSCs of two decades-old arrangements, still in place and operating amid the new landscape.

Contractors’ Questions: Should I name and shame recruiters who don’t come back to me?

What you should do (in the current climate), is only go forward in week one -- and that's assuming you tick every box.