Contractors, act now and before Budget 2020 to get Entrepreneurs’ Relief

Given the PM’s ‘staggering’ disclosure, the end of the winding-up tax break looks like a case of ‘when not if.’

Contractors’ Questions: Is my client wrong to say they must agree to any late payment fee?

Permission isn’t needed to charge your PSC’s commercial customer for missing the ‘due date.’

Contractors’ Questions: Do technical interview tests have a place in my consultancy portfolio?

A log of your good stuff is a great idea, but it’s best if it’s from a live, business setting.

Contractors turn cautious about clients’ ‘individual IR35 testing’ claims

Blanketing in all but name? A pre-determined, role-based outcome is taking the gloss off the case-by-case treatment.

Limited company contractor population ‘to bounce back’ after IR35 reform

The initial drop-off in PSC numbers is projected to be significant, but so too is their resurgence.

The Brexit deals facing Britons contracting in the EU post-January 31

The Boris-Brussels contract could go one of two ways. Neither look great for EU gigs from Friday.

Contractors’ clients get three-week window to sort IR35 status confidently

Engagers will have 26 days between the final legislation and its launch to assess with certainty.

Buy-to-let contractors, are you ready for the end of mortgage interest relief?

Get your April 2020 strategy in place, as deducting expenses to cut your tax bill is about to be disallowed.

Contractor sector susses out ‘complex’ draft secondary IR35 legislation

Debt transfer; HMRC’s clean-up plan and when an SDS isn’t an SDS, potentially. Experts weigh in.

Staffing bosses’ IR35 reform protest letter to Sajid Javid – in full

What contractor recruitment leaders have told the chancellor about April’s off-payroll rules.

Contractors, will the client owe you a backdated pension now you’re their employee?

Engagers are getting covered to defuse the ticking time-bomb of you claiming for contributions.

Our dying IT consultancy’s final plea to chancellor Sajid Javid over fatal IR35 reform

How Lloyds are hitting us; hiking our taxes, eroding our bottom line and squeezing the life out of our business.

Fourteen staffing bosses urge Sajid Javid to rethink IR35 reform

Chancellor told the off-payroll review on the back of his pledge isn’t cutting it.

Lloyds' consultancies shouldn’t despair, but they must act

Making a few quick admin and accounting moves is how nimble consultancies can fight back against the banks’ IR35 overreaching.

Why the underway IR35 Reform Review is pointless

Aside from reassurance about historical enquires, HMRC’s last minute-materials won’t mean much to most.

Lloyds follows HSBC in banning consultancies’ limited company contractors ahead of IR35 reform

A new domino effect begins, with consultancies next to reel from banks’ ‘short-sightedness’ about April’s IR35 changes.

IR35 status expert warns against Judicial Review clampdown

With unwieldy HMRC changes imminent, curbing how to challenge a public body looks poorly timed.

Johnson ushers in plans to curb Judicial Reviews

Having been on the receiving end of the courts, the PM moves to restrict how IT contractors often fight.

IR35 reform: HSBC bans its consultancies from supplying limited company contractors

Britain’s largest bank brings the shutters down on third-party-provided-PSCs, in a ‘chilling’ IR35 reaction.

HMRC asks for its IR35 contractor factsheet to be sent to contractors

Taxman responds to a charge against his PDF for PSCs, by enlisting 45,000 businesses.

What’s being done right now to manage private sector IR35 reform

It’s not all bans, blankets and heads in the sand. But reform also needs more than just a new name on a SoW.

Four reasons why contractors should self-assess sooner rather than later

Even seasoned PSCs can’t afford to chance it this tax return season.

Status experts slam HMRC’s ‘inept’ IR35 factsheet for contractors

Poorly positioned; ambiguous and disingenuous. Advisers speak up about HMRC’s 11th hour attempt to educate.

New Loan Charge APPG to probe government reply to Morse Review

And other ‘injustices’ to get fresh eyes, and ideas -- to tackle promoters and ‘indifferent’ HMRC.

Demand for IT contractors dwindled in December

An 11-year low is revealed by the REC, which warns of IR35 reform coming ‘at the worst time.’

Contractors’ Questions: How to keep contracting as a Dutch contractor in the UK and Netherlands?

IR35 (not Brexit) is among the issues for a Dutchman in Britain wanting the best of both nations.

Private sector rubbishes Treasury timetable to reform IR35 by April

‘Far too much to do in too little time, unless of course the review recommends nothing.’

When tax liability insurance can be a wolf in sheep's clothing

All eyes are on IR35 and the Loan Charge, yet is it the MSC legislation you need to broach with your brolly?

Contractor sector calls Sajid Javid’s IR35 reform review an insult

Chancellor condemned for living up to neither the letter nor the spirit of his election promise.

Contractor sector calls Sajid Javid’s IR35 reform review an insult

Chancellor condemned for living up to neither the letter nor the spirit of his election promise.

Chancellor sets Budget 2020 for Wednesday March 11th

A later than expected Budget may have the IR35 reform review to blame.

Limited company bans due to IR35 reform ‘look short-lived’

A growing number of experts see ‘cease and desist’ PSC policies as lacking staying power.

Beware Loan Charge contractors, a smarting HMRC won’t let sleeping dogs lie

A better than expected Morse Review, for you and us, is why battleplans are being drawn up, by them.

MPs encircle chancellor over IR35 reform review date

Sajid Javid under mounting pressure over when, precisely, he’s going to keep his promise.

Why Sir Amyas Morse’s Review of Loan Charge 2019 is a fudge

The middle ground is more palatable for the unaffected, but it doesn’t bring finality.

Contractors’ Questions: Is an IR35 Confirmation of Arrangement service an allowable expense?

With reform looming large, the cost of an IR35 review could be small; even divisible.