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.

Moving from contracting to perm – how does this affect my mortgage?

What your home loan prospects look like if you switch from off-payroll to employment.

Is your contractor limited company one of the Bank of England’s all-but predicted failures?

An overview of the options if you, your business or your client will join the many heading for collapse in Q4.

Bounce back in IT contractor demand from covid-19 'starting to ease'

October saw a ‘slowdown’ in freelance tech skills, as a ‘new recovery phase’ begins.

Launch new loan charge probe to make up for 'flawed' Morse Review, chancellor urged

Rishi Sunak written to by 245 MPs asking for what the PM is being lobbied on too – a ‘further review’ of HMRC’s 'cover-up.'

IR35: Little Piece of Paradise ‘cause to think twice on boilerplate contracts’

No contract reviewer ‘worth their salt’ in the corner of Sky Sports’ Dave Clarke saw him defenceless to HMRC, say experts.

Only the shrewd won’t rely on algorithms to test IR35 status

A tool is similar to the ‘cut and paste’ which helped defeat Dave Clark. It’s just not dependable.

Sky Sports presenter Dave Clark loses IR35 case due to ‘poor defence and attack’

‘Naïve arguments’ on the presenter’s behalf credited with a ‘big part of the nightmare’ for the Little Bit of Paradise director.

IR35 has splintered UK contracting, with vast unintended consequences government shouldn’t shirk

A laudable intention that’s gone totally awry, so HMRC, ministers, even peers, must remedy off-payroll’s many harms.

Why migrant contractors must be part of the solution to UK tech skills shortages

Foreign techies must be among the mix to fix what Brexit and covid are exacerbating.

FCSA revises member charter following outcry over offshore solutions

Words get the blame in letters between a trade boss and politicians, but it’s new questions over HMRC’s umbrella usage which now need answers.

Unpaid by an umbrella company? Here’s what contractors should know

If a brolly leaves you out-of-pocket there’s no easy options. Knowing why is worthwhile.

Small Business Commissioner asks contractors for their two pennies' worth on late payment

‘Toothless’ or not, the SBC is posing you seven queries to get a ‘clearer picture’ of payment issues.

Scale-up visas to help UK tech firms leave contractors out in the cold

Chancellor’s moves on high-skilled migration disappoint for coming across as exclusionary and disjointed.

Ransomware: what IT contractors' defence preparations should involve

Gerrish Legal outlines the tech and legal framework to get in place before your data is held captive.

Umbrella companies unable to get over 'disappointment' of a silent Autumn Budget 2021

As the FCSA faces questions, and attacks, the feeling that Sunak missed an opportunity pervades.