Contractor accommodation: all you need to know but were afraid to ask

Staying overnight as a contractor? Read the review of a consultant whose had more meals away than he can remember.

Even a top IT contractor recruitment agency like us needs your help to get IR35 reform-ready

Opening up is the key to unlocking what you need to put your house in order, and your partners’ houses, for April 6th.

Contractors harbour grave doubts about HMRC’s grasp of IR35 reform

Almost 90% fear HMRC doesn’t ‘get it’; new guidance is ‘woeful’ and advisers say ‘confusion’ will reign.

Employing just the right level of menace against GSK contractors is the taxman’s new IR35 trick

Why ruining 1,500 contractors’ bank holiday weekends (and potentially their livelihoods), requires more balance than you might think.

New IR35 letters from HMRC: what they say and how contractors can respond

Status expert Kate Cottrell guides limited company contractors through a clock-ticking labyrinth.

Twenty GlaxoSmithKline contractors hit by HMRC’s new IR35 letters

Pay up by the 19th or argue why you’re not caught by IR35, the taxman tells the pharma’s PSCs.

Your next deadline loan charge contractors is clear, despite ambiguity from HMRC

An important cut-off if you’re caught by the charge and are settling looms large, a week today.

Contractor sector in a spin over IR35 liability and debt transfer rules

Two big off-payroll tax provisions will force firms to play policeman, hot potato and pass the parcel.

Contractors' Questions: What is a director's loan and how do I take it out?

‘No stigma, but a lot of tax implications, particularly if you’re unadvised.’

Contractors' Questions: What is a director's loan and how do I take it out?

‘No stigma, but a lot of tax implications, particularly if you’re unadvised.’

What Making Tax Digital means for contractors: now, and the next phase

Get your limited company compliant sooner rather than later, as MTD is now inevitable.

Contractors’ Questions: How much in income terms will April’s IR35 changes cost me?

More unfortunate news for a contractor whose client is ceasing and desisting PSCs.

Taxman ‘not doing enough’ to prepare contractors’ clients for IR35 reform

No education package, and no CEST update, may be why ‘cracks are starting to show’.

How to use sales techniques to ace contractor interviews

Follow five golden rules before Wednesday’s webinar to close out any and all competition.

Unanswered Loan Charge campaigners say no news is good news

'It’s highlighting and challenging that’s the main point of writing to Johnson, Javid and Norman.'

Limited company contractors warned of HMRC payment on account glitch

‘A small July payment should be treated with suspicion, to avoid a big surprise in 2020.’

Fifty MPs individually write 2019 Loan Charge objection letters

As an ex-Tory leader admits shame, the incumbent is begged by the bereaved to act.

ContractorUK letter to Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid on IR35 and Loan Charge 2019

What this website and ten other contractor groups have told the PM and chancellor.

Contractors’ Questions: Was I wrong to post my updated CV on LinkedIn?

A permie who’s already started contracting (in spirit) can join next week’s webinar to try to pacify his mad manager.

The benefits of working inside IR35 via your limited company from April 2020

Ten good reasons why you can’t afford to ditch your limited company at first-sight of a client deeming you IR35-caught.

ContractorUK writes to Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid over IR35 and Loan Charge 2019

Sector stalwarts join ContractorUK in pressing the PM and chancellor on their contractor commitments.

Contractors’ Questions: Will a new UK register of overseas companies affect me?

Adviser reassures a contractor he’s unlikely to be the next Lewis Hamilton.

MPs find a formula in staunchly anti-loan charge letters to Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid

Political heavyweight Sir Vince Cable joins the many MPs landing the very same blows on the loan charge.

Home Office called to hike Tier 2 visa salary threshold to £36,700

Having binned both the net migration target and Tier 1’s cap, the government is told Tier 2 salary must be next in its sights.

IR35 reform blamed for growth in IT contractor demand depressing, again

Government told resisting a rush job on contractor tax reform would stem labour market uncertainty.  

Treasury reply to IR35 reform petition ‘sounds like a stuck record’

New government disappoints by churning out the ‘same old stuff,’ despite 25,000 fresh objections.

Contractor guide to take-home pay

What’s left in your pocket (after tax) from your agency, umbrella or limited company -- explained.

Contractors’ Questions: What should I do with my limited company once IR35 changes?

Dormancy, closure and ‘business as usual’ are among the fates PSCs are pondering from next April.

What contractors’ clients ought to be doing about April's Private Sector IR35 reform - right now

Harvey Nash on how prep for IR35’s revamp means meetings, questions and audits (all involving you).

ContractorUK launches Fantasy Football League 2019/20 Win £250!!

ContractorUK launches Fantasy Football League 2019/20 - WIN £250.

Contractors’ Questions: What are Key Information Documents?

Out of the blue or not, KIDs will represent new red tape for agencies, not contractors.

Deutsche Bank denies its 18,000 job cuts will hit IT contractors

Bank to ‘undoubtedly’ keep engaging PSCs, but it still wants 5,000 external techies on-payroll.

HMRC Loan Charge deadlines put pressure on Johnson’s review pledge

PM urged to act sooner rather than later, as August’s and September’s cut-off could claim more lives.

Contractors, don’t lose sleep over 1,242 director disqualifications

The Insolvency Service’s CET are like a lightning bolt; scary, but unlikely to strike you down.

Contractors' Questions: Is inside IR35, agency PAYE or umbrella PAYE best from April 2020?

The pros and cons of three working options facing limited company contractors.

Contractor guide to accommodation expenses

What can and can’t be claimed when limited company workers stay overnight for business.

Contractors' Questions: How to build an IR35 reform warchest?

Short-term fixed savings accounts are the best bet to avoid an April 2020 gamble.