Contractors’ Questions: How do I get a tax clearance certificate in Ireland?

The ins and outs of getting the Irish Revenue to confirm your tax affairs are in order.

VAT in the Brexit deal: overview for limited company contractors with EU clients

How VAT gets accounted for when UK  businesses supply services to the European Union.

What is the difference between a Contract of Service and a Contract for Services?

These two staples of the workplace sound alike, but couldn’t be more different -- not that a label can tell you which is which.

Contractors’ Questions: Should agencies be clearer on inside IR35 contract rates?

‘Agents ought to push back on short inside IR35 gigs, and stop misrepresenting pay.’

What two new IR35 investigations on the cusp of April’s off-payroll rules should tell contractors

The threat that HMRC and its original IR35 continue to pose to PSCs just turned very real.

Contractors' Questions: Do contractors have employment rights?

‘No simple answer to this simple question, just as judges in cases like Uber are finding out.’

What is Employer's National Insurance and do I need to pay it?

An overview of the tax most misunderstood by umbrella and limited company contractors.

Addison Lee verdict adds to dual-status confusion, IR35 experts say

Courier firm gets cut off from appealing, but many are challenging the government not to sit idle.

Right to Work checks to resume in person from May 17th

The digital system works, government told, so reverting to physical checks with covid still lingering is ‘nonsensical.’

A 40% contractor rate increase thanks to IR35 reform? It’s achievable

Universal it’s not, but clients are forking out more for freelance tech skills, knowing the off-payroll rules are hurting.

Contractors asked to fill out Loan Charge APPG survey on affordability

Amid accounts of homelessness, death and life-changing pursuits, contractors can now tell campaigning MPs what they could cope with.

Contractors’ Questions: What tax changes will affect the take-home pay of new contractors?

Don’t act in haste but do get clued up, whether the measures are personal or business.

Contractors’ Questions: Can I remotely supply a UK company as a retired IT contractor in France?

Erring on the side of caution, and speaking to the ‘fisc’ are among the tips for a techie returning to the fold.

IR35 decision process dominates advisers’ concerns, as new off-payroll rules bed in

Chatting is recommended to help keep the weight of formal disagreements to a mere ‘deluge.’

The UK’s brisk reopening from covid-19 will likely offset IR35 reform’s initial malaise

Taxing off-payroll rules just as the economy fires up? Believe it or not, the timing could hardly be better.

HMRC tweaks off-payroll webinar script following IR35 adviser’s criticisms

Taxman takes on board two errors he made, but is warned: ‘I shall keep nit-picking.’

‘Sheriff Pluck’ called to clean up the ‘Wild West’ umbrella supply chain

Firing at ‘twisters’ and ‘stone-throwers,’ a gun-toting CEO says ‘bad practice’ is in his sights too.

Top 10 worst company names

ContractorUK reveals the company names that made even the censors blush.

Top 10 items to recover VAT on as a limited company IT contractor

Plus, the almost half as many items where Value Added Tax isn’t recoverable (excludes grey areas).

What contractors need to know about trivial benefits

Directors are covered but, as the exemption’s name suggests, the tax-free element is only trivial.

Contractor guide to the VAT cash accounting scheme

An overview of the HMRC option popular with new directors, and other contracting first-timers.

Contractors' Questions: What is a Mini Umbrella Company?

How contractors can identify ‘MUC,’ and so avoid having one on their hands.

Top 10 tips for choosing an umbrella company

What contractors should ask to work out which PAYE brolly is best for them.

Why our technical report on umbrella companies is a warning to contractors

The LITRG spells out where its 11 chapters can help IR35 reform-hit PSCs to turn the page, safely.

‘How Contracting Should Work’: MPs issued 12 recommendations on IR35 reform’s eve

A ‘comprehensive’ report on ‘cleaning up the contractor supply chain’ is welcomed.

Demand for IT contractors rocketed in March to 32-month high

Loudest call for freelance techies since July 2018 indicates the covid bounce back has begun.

Contractors’ Questions: What should a robust Status Determination Statement contain?

How to tell if an SDS from a client or third-party will stand up to HMRC scrutiny.

The outlook for HMRC's CEST, now private sector IR35 reform is in force

A few words from CEST Explained’s author on the tool’s future, including potentially new questions in July.

'CEST Explained' – contractors, here’s why your contract is vital

The potentially thorny part of HMRC’s tool as it requires input from you, the worker.

Contractors’ Questions: Is ‘inside IR35’ a risk for clients seeking niche skills in only the short-term?

'The status of your next contract is just the expected IR35 categorisation, not the actual categorisation.'

Q&A with HMRC on the now in force IR35 off-payroll working rules

Everything the taxman wants you to know about private sector IR35 reform, in his own words.

‘CEST Explained’ – where Control features in HMRC’s IR35 status tool

The e-book serialisation continues, with a look at the most determinative IR35 factor – Control.

Contractors’ Questions: Can my client shift its SDS responsibility to a third party?

‘Even if an IR35 specialist is handed the Status Determination Statement process, it’s the end-user who’s still liable.’

'CEST Explained' - How to use HMRC’s tool; relying on it and what you need beforehand

Rebecca Seeley Harris offers ContractorUK an exclusive preview of her new e-book, in a nod to today’s momentous reforms to IR35.

Contractors' Questions: How should end-users assess my IR35 status?

First in a five-part series of ContractorUK readers having their queries on today’s off-payroll rules answered.

What contractors' clients asked just before today’s IR35 reform hit

A law firm reveals what's on the minds of the new IR35 status decision-makers: end-users.

New IR35 off-payroll working rules apply in the private sector from today

Contentious reforms to the Intermediaries legislation are finally here. But what do they mean for you?

Contractors’ Questions: Can I do my limited company accounts myself, if I’m decided inside IR35?

‘Doing your books is one thing; juggling multiple duties to HMRC and Companies House is quite another.'

Recruiter reveals last-ditch efforts to educate clients on IR35 reform

Agencies have had to ‘pick their battles’ to succeed in preparing end-users for Tuesday’s ‘big difference’ – SThree.