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.

What is a P60 and do contractors need a P60?

Overview of the HMRC form that shows tax paid on salary in the last year.

‘Work from Home’ not included in new Omicron restrictions for England

Recruiters relieved at now in-force covid rules omitting forced leave from workplaces.

‘Usefulness’ of HMRC’s umbrella worker avoidance tool thrown into doubt

The feedback form for the beta service looks likely to be mixed, as division over the risk-checker continues.

IR35: Four contractual areas that undid Dave Clark; which you must beware too

Inside, outside, on the side. Wherever its terms are, the contract is an extremely important memorial of your agreement.

Contractors’ Questions: How maverick should my contractor marketing be?

Filtered or unfiltered? Being authentic is good. Being in sync with your target audience is better.

Contractors, what is phoenixing and what are the consequences?

Limited companies rising from their predecessors’ ashes is going to be a growing business. Not that you should want any part of it.

A contractors' guide to phoenixing

Limited companies rising from their predecessors’ ashes is going to be a growing business. Not that you should want any part of it.

Contractor sector backs Margaret Beels as new Labour Market Enforcement Director

Sir Matthew Taylor’s successor is finally appointed, and it’s ‘someone with a real idea of what goes on.’

Forget phoenixing contractors; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Limited companies rising from their predecessors’ ashes is going to be a growing business. Not that you should want any part of it.

Why your umbrella payslip influences your mortgage application

Discover how lenders prefer to assess brolly contractor earnings for home loan purposes.

How to obtain an EU passport as a Briton in the Brexit age

Contractors will be among those interested in when living and working in 27 member states becomes an entitlement.

HMRC research says ‘emotional’ small companies feel its fear-factor

With experts finding him ‘threatening, aggressive, damn scary, and even bearing teeth,’ the ‘perception’ to traders of a taxman to fear seems rooted in reality.

Top 10 tactics to optimise your CV for Applicant Tracking System

Should contractors tailor a CV for ATS? Find out on December 1st.

HMRC hands umbrella contractors new avoidance ‘risk-checker’ tool

Government keeps ‘doing nothing but publishing some guidance,’ but a new Revenue three-parter is hailed as a  ‘must-read.’

A dose of the taxman’s covid pragmatism would work wonders on his loan charge intransigence

Add IR35 inertia into the mix, and we could see the unblocking of issues that both blight HMRC and harm contractors.

Contractors, judges just handed you more right of substitution guidance

Knowing a fettered right won’t deliver is among the takeaways of a new courier case for PSCs trying to avoid IR35.

What is the High Potential Visa, and is it for contractors?

Definitions, criteria, contractor eligibility. Government has a fair few blanks to fill in on the HPV.

A new contractor's guide to self-assessment

Five steps to help keep the taxman off your back when filing your first tax return.

What is the Global Business Mobility visa, and is it for contractors?

Spring’s GBM visa already looks like a boon for secondees and suppliers, bar any devil in the detail.

Fancy IT consulting in France as a Briton? Here’s how despite Brexit

Thanks to six letters, EU passport-holders’ prospects are unmatched, but there is one overlooked way for Brits to work across The Channel.

Umbrella Company or Limited Company: what’s best as a contractor?

With a new IR35 in force, and brolly regulation fated, the models to go contracting contain more ‘nuts and bolts’ than ever before.

No gain for FCSA from us using only FCSA-umbrella companies, claims HMRC

Revenue says the decision that brolly contractors working across its operations are only from FCSA members is not its to make.

Contractors warned against using client PSCs as substitutes, in wake of LPPL

Another member of your client’s team as a sub is a sub you could without, says ex-Revenue official.