Contractors' Questions: What rules or taxes apply if we hire contractors?

Status is a key consideration if you take on contractors, or IR35-exempt sole traders.

Treasury minister Jesse Norman told 'all is not fine' after quoting Qdos on IR35 reform

Respected advisory firm’s ‘reform can be managed’ comment positioned to MPs as proof off-payroll reform is being welcomed.

Contractors, is keeping your limited company sensible or is it time to dissolve it?

MVL, dormancy, striking off. Don’t say you haven’t got options in the post-IR35 reform world.

Umbrella company regulation backers unfazed despite no vote on amendments

Signs the government is potentially open to acting against brollies indicates 'all is not lost.'

Revealed: the dodgy activities of umbrella companies which warrant regulation

‘Beware of brollies bearing gifts’ -- and other tips for agencies and contractors hoping to shut down the underhand umbrellas.

Why new umbrella policy proposals should be a no-brainer for ministers

HMT has an opportunity to provide much-needed clarity and reassurance to the contractor sector.

Contractors’ Questions: How to freelance for a US firm from the UK after living in France?

Interesting career moves abound for a civil servant-turned contractor worried about tax efficiency, and reputation.

Five umbrella companies endorse industry regulation plan, as Finance Bill amendments loom

Almost ten well-established contractor sector businesses say they’d sign their names to the Poyser-Seeley Harris plan.

Why retrospective powers for The Insolvency Service will unsettle even today's unfit directors

Your mate down the pub who closed his company and run will be hoping he didn’t do so in the last three years.

Why retrospective powers for The Insolvency Service will unsettle even today's unfit directors

Your mate down the pub who closed his company and run will be hoping he didn’t do so in the last three years.

Business or leisure, contractors? Under the traffic-light travel system, it's all the same – cosmetic

International travel transferring from illegal to a three-tier system, with colours, looks appealing. But appearances can be deceptive.

Contractors' Questions: How can my limited company donate to charity?

An overview on making charitable donations through your own limited company.

Business or leisure, contractors? Under the traffic-light travel system, it's all the same – cosmetic

International travel transferring from illegal to a three-tier system, with colours, looks appealing. But appearances can be deceptive.

Contractor confidence took a historical wobble on the eve of IR35 reform

Except for technical-types typically sole trading, contractors are glum about their business, more so than about the economy -- IPSE.

Why Right to Work checks should remain digital for good

The government must use its June RTW review to bring the UK’s outdated employing process into the 21st century.

Contractors’ Questions: Do lower dividends hurt my mortgage chances as a limited company director?

The self-employed and vanilla variants won’t get close to the 4.49x annualised income that contractor mortgage brokers can offer you.

Contractors’ Questions: Can my limited company make a political donation?

Get professional advice if you want to get politically involved by donating to a political party.

HMRC arrests Bradford duo over £3.4million 'furlough fraud'

Taxman ‘buckles down’ on a suspected CJRS rip-off and in the same loop, an alleged multi-million-pound scam.

Right to Work checks to remain digital until June 21st

Agents back an 11th hour extension, but say virtual checks are so much better they should be here to stay.

Contractor guide: What are marginal tax rates?

The rate of tax paid for the next pound they earn is something limited company directors will need to keep watch of.

Contractors' Questions: Is paying dividends monthly an HMRC-risk?

An accountant reassures a PSC director trying to spend less, with a little help from Jay-Z.

Top 10 tips to make your contract outside IR35

The key steps to take to demonstrate you’re not a disguised employee.

BBC mini umbrella company exposé sparks contractor sector blame game

An audit, of sorts, to work out how 48,000 mini umbrellas have sprung up so quickly begins.

Mini umbrellas are a major problem for HMRC, but it’s agencies and workers who carry the can

Last night’s story of 'Britain’s Ghost Companies' should compel the taxman to take no more of this pernicious fraud.

'Salary-Sacrifice' pensions and umbrella companies

How to understand salary sacrifice pensions as an umbrella company worker.

HMRC’s one-size-fits-all stance is why the Loan Charge scandal pervades, and may never end

Emails released under FoI rules confirm HMRC’s failure to alter its approach is its failure to achieve resolution. And it’s a failure signed off at the very top.

Contractors’ Questions: Why are weaker candidates being offered contracts over me?

Ahead of today’s IR35-themed CV webinar, work-winning expert Matt Craven reveals why you’re coming up short.

HMRC chases Gary Lineker under IR35, in biggest ever status match-up

The taxman is trying to blow the whistle on the Match of the Day presenter, but experts say he’s got an open goal -- his brand.

What is a Certificate of Incorporation and how can I get one?

The process and practicalities to obtaining conclusive evidence that you’ve got your own company.

What contractors endured in the first month of this new off-payroll rules minefield

A steep learning curve with turbulence, challenge and worry has defined the last four weeks.

One month in, and IR35 reform has unleashed a new world of dilemmas

Clients. Agencies. Umbrellas, accountants, and even us IR35 ‘experts.’ Just like contractors, we’ve all got off-payroll angst.

Santander’s new mortgage terms are a shoo-in for covid-hit contractors, right? Wrong

When The Times’ ‘good news for the self-employed’ isn’t quite what it seems.

IR35 clangers on CVs: four mistakes bonafide contractors must delete

How to give your CV every chance of getting you an outside IR35 determination.

New umbrella company guidance by HMRC raises prospect of regulation

Updates on .gov in wake of IR35 reform indicate the Revenue realises the brolly situation.