It’s your (Christmas) party, and your limited company can host it tax-free if you want to!

As long as you follow HMRC’s rules, your ‘annual event’ can go off with a tax-free bang, virtually or in-person.

HMRC late penalties: how much it costs contractors who don’t file or pay on time

Just like Companies House, the Revenue punishes the unpunctual. So get in way before Jan 31st.

Top 5 IT skills for contractors in 2022

Learning or developing these skills for 2022 could lead to higher contract rates and more opportunities.

Contractors, don’t expect BADR if your company has ceased trading

Even keeping a limited company going is no guarantee of relief, as Allam V HMRC shows.

The best hope for letting HMRC and taxpayers move on from the loan charge debacle? It’s HMT’s Lucy Frazer

LCAG shares its Christmas wonder: how a nod through in 2018 still has reverberations in almost 2022, with lives lost, ruined and remaining at risk.

Important tax dates and deadlines contractors need for their 2020/21 self assessment

Avoid any New Year headaches with your Self Assessment tax return by being aware of these dates and deadlines.

The IR35 disconnect between HMRC and the contractor sector is stark; here’s why

Taking end-users at their word and accepting all’s in hand could unravel. Potentially as soon as April 2022.

In defence of IR35 automation tools…

Continually knocking the most viable solution today seems odd, especially with algorithms assisting so many.

Umbrella company expenses. What can I claim?

Overview for umbrella contractors of what can be claimed; how and when.

Challenging IR35 status via your tax return is not appropriate, Treasury minister wrongly claims

Despite help from a Baroness, Lucy Frazer has to be corrected by HMRC and now, by contractor group IPSE.

Treasury’s Lucy Frazer sticks close to HMRC’s script in IR35 exchange with peers

Tweeted about her ‘tremendous’ knowledge-gap, the new minister appeared to the Lords as the personification of the taxman’s discredited evidence.

Treasury minister faces IR35 questions, as loan charge pressure mounts

Lucy Frazer is to be grilled on off-payroll matters by Lords who are known to lament the loan charge.

Taxman's ‘too early to say’ claim on IR35 riles contractor experts

Off-payroll advisers say the evidence couldn’t be clearer, or more abundant, given there’s eight months of it.

Growth in demand for IT contractors rebounded in November

'Strong end to the year' for temporary techies, in terms of opportunities and rates -- REC.

Lords talk of reviewing ‘devastating’ IR35 reform’s few key aspects

The off-payroll probing peers make a beeline for ‘solutions,’ with CEST and SDP out in front.

Work from home from Monday 'if you can,' contractors told

Boris Johnson widens Omicron restrictions to include a policy many contractor sector businesses are operating already.

One thing that won’t change in 2022, contractors must check the KIDs are alright

Brollies and agencies are letting down contractors five-fold on a document with only 10 pay 'must-haves.'

Officials want umbrella sector evidence: here’s what our brolly will say

The call for evidence on umbrella companies is welcome, but it’s not before time.

The Contracting Awards 2022 launches to recognise vital contractor service providers

Nominations open to suppliers supporting contractors after a challenging period, with everything from COVID-19 to IR35 reform.

SA302: the tax calculation document many contractors can’t be without

What an SA302 is and when contractors might need it from their accountant or HMRC.

HMRC's written evidence to Lords' IR35 inquiry ‘tantamount to fiction’

Sounding stuck on the phrase ‘too early,’ the taxman is told he’s not telling peers a full or realistic IR35 reform story.

Switching from limited company to umbrella company in 2022; if you’re not already using both models

Thanks to the hellish IR35-covid mix, many contractors went brolly this year. But due to another combo, not entirely.

What are the big issues for limited company contractors in 2022?

Some of the obstacles of the last 12 months may start to clear. But IR35 isn’t going anywhere.

Contractors’ Questions: Can my limited company buy champagne as a Christmas gift for my mentor?

Accountant admits he’s the bearer of bad news, unless biros are better than bubbly.

IR35: Contractors, it’s time to switch your business head on

Paying for your own status assessment? It’s part of today’s bitter truth of being in business on your own account.

Contractors’ Questions: My CV conundrum; ATS versus IR35?

Where software places you is poles apart from outside IR35. Fortunately, there’s a halfway house.

Government calls contractors to give evidence on umbrella companies

Unexpectedly, HMT gives  ContractorUK readers a chance to help shape the future of brolly regulation.