Treasury to publish draft IR35 legislation on July 11th

Round two of rules to implement 2020’s off-payroll tax will begin in two weeks.

HSBC, M&G and Morgan Stanley are first to put contractors at a crossroads

And if they become the first of many, day-rate contract work has surely had its day.

UK visa applications by ‘exceptional’ techies surge by 45%

Permits letting migrants work, start-up and move within the UK chalk up their fifth annual rise.

IR35 reform: Morgan Stanley and M&G Investments to halt limited company contractor hiring

The domino effect of HSBC’s IR35 plan is underway, as two more clients impose ‘cease and desist’ PSC policies.

Contractors, can your CV do the business in just seven seconds?

Agents are among those who want it all now. Don’t disappoint; do it in near-real time.

ContractorUK signs open letter urging Hunt and Johnson to stop ‘war on contracting’

Nine contractor outfits join this website in calling our next PM to nullify both the Loan Charge and IR35 reform.

Open letter to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, by 10 contractor organisations

What your advisers, lobbyists and publications are today telling our country’s next prime minister.

Small Business Commissioner offered the power to fine late payers, finally

Better late than never? Officials table penalties as a new, overdue weapon in Paul Uppal’s armoury.

Jesse Norman praises HMRC over 'low' tax gap figures, despite criticisms

Treasury minister’s take on new stats is at odds with multiple charges that they don’t stack up.

Capital Gains Tax is changing, are you ready contractors?

The ins and outs of CGT, including what’s new from April 2020.

Capital Gains Tax is changing, are you ready contractors?

The ins and outs of CGT, including what’s new from April 2020.

Contracting in Finland – overview for UK contractors

Quirky and unconventional, the home of Nokia won’t take kindly to complacency.

WTT: Join us to help rid contracting of harmful umbrella companies, for good

Solutions being sold to HMRC-probed contractors will be their undoing. It’s time to take action.

Worst-ever contractor CVs: what they say, show!

Submit your CV for a live anonymised review, once you rid it of these six faux pas.

Your personal data when going forward for IT contracts; is it private?

As the Holden case shows, attempts to find skeletons in your cupboard can only go so far.

What is the 2019 Loan Charge?

Find out exactly what the 2019 Loan Charge is, who is impacted and how it's calculated. 

Treasury minister Jesse Norman agrees to 2019 Loan Charge meeting

MPs including a ‘determined’ Sir Ed Davey get a face-to-face with the loan charge minister.

IT contractors, is a ‘shelve the big-ticket talent’ trend biting you?

Uncertainty is likely to blame if you’re on the bench through no fault of your own.

Public sector IR35 reform lessons are being learnt – at least by contractors' clients

Where firms are borrowing from the old IR35 of 2017, to prepare for the new in 2020.

Contractors, is your client one of the few ahead of the IR35 reform game?

A look at some of the big players implies all will not be lost when IR35 rules change; but playing catch up still pervades.

Review 2017's IR35 changes before extending them in April 2020, HMRC urged

Three status experts implore HMRC -- look at what you’ve done before you leap to do more.

Tory leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom apologises to bereaved Loan Charge family

MP fighting for No 10 is pacified by a radio phone-in asking her about death and taxes.

Andrea Leadsom MP on Loan Charge 2019 – radio interview transcript

What an aspiring Tory leader said when the daughter of a loan charge suicide victim rung her up.

Contractors, it's time to stand against Bad Chancellor Philip over Loan Charge 2019

Your chance to help depose Bad King John’s successor by protesting in Runnymede on Saturday.

Contracting, take a long hard look at yourself to escape this viscous HMRC circle

The freelance world closing in is almost here; again. But it’s a (un) merry-go-round some of us can get off.

Contractors, it's time to stand against Bad Chancellor Philip over Loan Charge 2019

Your chance to help depose Bad King John’s successor by protesting in Runnymede on Saturday.

HMRC’s ‘Small Company’ exemption from IR35 reform ‘could cause big problems’

Small is complicated, IR35 consultation respondents tell the taxman of his exemption.

Contractor’s guide to contracting in Norway

The Oslo-centred country is likely to be just the ticket for many a UK contractor right now.

P85 form: Contractors, fill it in if leaving the UK for a long overseas gig

The ins and outs of HMRC’s document when departing the UK for a big contract abroad.

Growth in IT contractor billings sinks to seven-year low

Brexit bounce squashed by an 83-month loss, ahead of a ‘summer of stalemate’.

Should I close my limited company?

Many contractors have a nagging question to answer – on top of these six others.

With HSBC, the ‘known knowns’ are too scant to say if it has an IR35 fix

Even a mix of the likely models, and motivators, can’t be banked on to beat IR35 from April 2020.

Contractors' Questions: Does being bankrupt bar me from Security Clearance contracts?

Like all SC applicants, a bankrupt must be upfront about their status, even if it hurts.

Update CEST by October, delay IR35 reform until 2021, HMRC told

‘Both you and us are far from ready for this,’ taxman hears from adviser, accountant and contractor groups.

NHS ‘turning a blind eye’ to IR35 remedy schemes

Dodgy payslips (and damn good sellers) are helping keep the NHS’s rogues in rude health.

HMRC investigating umbrella company users over 2017 income

Taxman is likened to a trapdoor spider, waiting for users who fall into his web to accrue penalties.

Brexit battering UK contractor confidence

Staying when we ought to have left (by now) is governing the worse position contractors are in -- IPSE.

HMRC investigating umbrella company users over 2017 income

Taxman is likened to a trapdoor spider, waiting for users who fall into his web to accrue penalties.

Halt and review 2019 Loan Charge, 175 MPs tell Treasury minister

Jesse Norman faces the biggest show of MP support for probing and postponing the charge.

Security Clearance court case ‘may stop applicants from being honest’

A £20,000 payout by the MoD ends the horror for Holden but for contractors, the questions begin.