Fast-track CVA: when only a supercharged company recovery will do

A six-week procedure could be just what a business doctor would order to get your ‘Ltd’ through covid.

Old CEST results: Is your inside/outside IR35 determination still valid?

Thanks to covid, contractors may need to do more than merely dust off last year’s status decision.

My fix for IR35 reform from April: better late than what's incoming

The off-payroll rules will make an unwieldy mess worse. Government must revert to Taylor to avoid disaster.

Contractors’ Questions: What does it mean to be inside IR35 or caught by IR35?

The effect on contractors is one and the same – that the off-payroll rules apply.

Contractors get four-week respite from HMRC personal tax penalties

Taxman’s decision to offer some leniency around Sunday’s self-assessment deadline is welcomed, broadly.

A contractor's guide to Profit and Loss accounts

The what, why, how and lingo of P&L for limited company directors.

Contractors’ Questions: Must I be furloughed for my training course to be tax-deductible?

It’s the wholly and exclusively tests that matters, whether you’re using the CJRS or not.

Contractors’ Questions: Will a Michelin takeaway count as my company's £150 Christmas party?

‘Enjoy your fancy food and drink, but not so much that you forget to keep a record.’

HMRC should practice what it preaches by not using loan charge contractors – Lords

On a long list reprimanding the Revenue, peers admonish the taxman for using workers caught by disguised remuneration.

Depreciation of assets: what limited company contractors need to know

You’ve got assets with benefits. But are you giving them the right accounts and tax treatment?

MPs give HMRC six weeks to consider covid support for the IR35-hit 'excluded'

Taxman told to come up with explanations and offerings for the millions stung by both covid and IR35.

DISS architect to set Treasury straight on dividends

An ‘incensed’ Rebecca Seeley Harris vows a written rebuttal over HMT’s 'misunderstanding.'

Contractors asked to prove HMRC sent letters at Christmas

MPs want Loan Charge contractors to show the taxman chasing them over the goodwill season.

Contractors’ Questions: How long should I keep business records for?

Shoeboxes are out, but you still need a way to keep your company’s records in order for six years.

Contractors, does your company need to appoint an EU data representative?

There’s work to be done for Brits processing European personal data. And penalties for those who shirk it.

Contractors’ Questions: Who pays IR35 tax, now and from April 2021?

‘There’s no such tax. But what you’re referring to is soon to shift, again.’

Pressure mounts on Sunak to adopt DISS

Chancellor looking increasingly isolated in his decision not to help limited company directors.

CJRS: HMRC adds Employment Allowance section, cuts FPS detail

Two new updates to the furlough scheme are ‘easily overlooked, and obviously were by the government.’

Pressure mounts on Sunak to adopt DISS

Chancellor looking increasingly isolated in his decision not to help limited company directors.

Contractors' Questions: How much does it cost to set up a limited company?

Could be £12; £40 or £100-plus. Or even ‘free.’ But one route can pay dividends later.

For 2021, what's the best dividend-salary mix for limited company directors?

With such a big year ahead for contracting, now's the best time to set your figures at the optimum level for tax-efficiency.

Contracting abroad: Covid’s consequences will fade, Brexit’s won’t

The negative test result you’ll need from Friday to re-enter Britain compounds the difficulties facing contracting overseas.

Covid puts six in 10 contractors in the dark about client IR35 policy

Pandemic ‘survival’ mode snookers off-payroll comms from reaching most PSCs.

HMRC furlough fraud probe into mobile phone records ‘not automatic’

‘Reasons and channels’ prevent your internet data being trawled, even if your CJRS usage is deemed suspicious.

Contractor sector echoes PM's warning to obey lockdown rules

Or don’t and risk having tighter rules, potentially on masks, supermarkets and WfH.

Demand for IT contractors grew in December due to Brexit-covid uncertainty

Far from fertile conditions to hire people permanently played into contractors’ hands just before Christmas.

Contractors' Questions: Can I submit an invoice without a PO number?

‘Keep invoicing, knowing you can pass the buck and that the law is on your side.’

Directors' Income Support Scheme (DISS): explainer for contractors

The architect of a financial support package under HMT’s consideration explains how it could make all the difference to limited companies.

Contractors’ Questions: Does the Brexit deal affect providing services from the UK to an EU firm?

'The deal doesn’t drastically change things for you, but beware four new fundamentals if contracting in Europe.'

What covid lockdown 3 means for our niche contractor recruitment firm

Rates are holding up amid my 20-year high for contractors, whose ‘new normal’ preference is stability.

Contractors' Questions: What about contracting in Europe now Britain has left the EU?

A deal from December is indeed in place, signalling new complications, regulations and sanctions.

Third covid-19 lockdown follows new vaccination fear for agency workers

The type of contract you’re on shouldn’t affect your place in the vaccination queue, but it might - REC.

Budget 2021: Contractors will 'watch through their hands' on March 3rd

Neither the need to make up the covid-19 deficit nor the tendency to target contractors bodes well for eight weeks’ time.

Why April 2021’s IR35 changes are problematic for contractors, and the UK as a whole

Our gut feeling is that the goose which lays the golden egg will be killed -- over a few bad apples. And an inability to learn.

Budget 2021: Contractors will 'watch through their hands' on March 3rd

Neither the need to make up the covid-19 deficit nor the tendency to target contractors bodes well for eight weeks’ time.

Contractor furlough extends until April 2021 as coronavirus continues

A longer CJRS is tagged up as a Christmas gift to help firms through a tougher January.

Contractors’ Questions: What is the Employment Allowance for limited company directors?

Rules in 2016 still rule out many PSCs from a popular way to reduce their PAYE tax bill.