Is HMRC’s offer to pause ongoing IR35 investigations an olive branch or red herring?

Taxman says he’s checking if you’re ready to restart him probing your status. Is saying ‘no’ really an option?

Contractors, make the most of your festive furlough, with a tax-deductible training course

Honing skills for 2021 must be the most positive, tax-savvy use of a furloughed limited company director’s Christmas time.

VAT pros and cons: When contractors should and shouldn’t register for Value Added Tax

Following on from part one, everything else PSCs need to know about VAT (includes IR35 and laptops).

IR35 experts take Treasury’s £740m delay figure with a pinch of salt

An official forecast is downgraded to an ‘estimate.’ And then downgraded from that to ‘finger in the air guesswork.’

HMRC warns contractors on take-home pay, as ‘second wave of IR35 reform’s impact’ hits

Don’t be like Duncan, says the taxman, in a familiar but now off-payroll-charged message.

Agency kickbacks: when contractors use their recruiter’s PSL umbrella company

An overview for PSCs of two decades-old arrangements, still in place and operating amid the new landscape.

Contractors’ Questions: Should I name and shame recruiters who don’t come back to me?

What you should do (in the current climate), is only go forward in week one -- and that's assuming you tick every box.