Contractors’ Questions: Does being added to the payroll pre-March 19 mean furlough applies?

A contractor’s spouse has got more chance with her old employer than her new one.

Contractors 'disappointed' at government’s 'swift' reply to Lords' IR35 inquiry

Treasury minister shrugs off scathing criticisms, accepting just one of the peers’ many recommendations.

‘Disappointing’ that HMRC is pushing Loan Charge contractors to settle amid COVID-19

Pandemic isn’t cause to pause pressing disguised remuneration customers to pay what we say they owe, taxman signals.

A Loan Charge contractor’s overview to settling with HMRC

Explored: the pros and cons for those contractors who want closure, or just calculations.

Contractors’ Questions: Do I fall through the gaps of covid-19 income support?

The government has been generous, but not to everyone, and especially not to umbrella contractors.

Contractors’ Questions: Can my contractor umbrella company refuse to furlough me?

Nothing in the legislation for the CJRS forces umbrellas to cover their workers.

Decoding the Lords’ off-payroll working inquiry report: what contractors can take from it

A first-class probe that echoes 20 years of complaints. But there’s new concerns, covid-19 and creeping uncertainty.

Lords defend contractors, issuing 'damning' IR35 verdict against Treasury, HMRC

The peers' inquiry into the ‘flawed’ off-payroll rules hugely vindicates contractors, massively slams tax officials.

When the Lords' off-payroll conclusions clash with an IR35-absent Finance Bill

Get the bill passed quickly while not insulting ‘switched on’ peers? Seems like a no-brainer for the government.

Lords press to further delay IR35 reform, citing 29 unresolved off-payroll ‘difficulties’

Despite one minister’s expected stock reply, unprecedented pressure to postpone reform (again) is mounting on the entire government.

Contractors’ Questions: What legal rights and deductions are due on an outside IR35 contract?

‘Caught-PSCs are only employed for the purposes of tax, which you may be having overly deducted.’

IR35 alert over Lloyds-style offers for 'non-essential' contractors to accept less work

Amid covid-19, PSCs might hope 3-day weeks aren’t catching. Nonetheless, something pays better than nothing.

The mindsets that can make or break your contractor business during and after the pandemic

Make like Rocky, not Bob, if you want to survive n’ thrive through the coronavirus outbreak.

CJRS explainer: A contractor's step-by-step guide to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Flow chart on the furlough scheme, for both umbrella and limited company contractors hoping for 80% coverage.

Contactors’ Questions: How much are umbrella company contractors paid under the CJRS?

Playing catch-up, not hard ball, is probably why a brolly is barring SSP, yet it can pay 80% of NMW.

Contractors’ Questions: Is the agency’s Covid-19 cashflow issue a valid reason not to pay me?

'Opting out hardly helps to get paid for time worked. But the real wrongdoing is with your recruiter.'

HMRC finalises CJRS guidance for contractor customers, ahead of today’s portal launch

Inside IR35 contractors using limited companies are among those to get last-minute furlough scheme details.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme updates ‘somewhat contractor-friendly’

‘A help to many contractors’ is unveiled but on pay, those using umbrellas will be unmoved.

Contractors get respite from HMRC, thanks to COVID-19 putting tax checks on hold

Limited companies enjoying ‘breathing space’ from a taxman ‘prioritising’ coronavirus support.

Contractors' Questions: As COVID-19 took my job, can I take a software job in France?

Pandemic or not, a Paris firm wants an economic victim of coronavirus for an immediate start.

COVID-19: Lloyds to put contractors on a three-day week, as IR35 grumbles grow

Coronavirus can have an upside, but one client sticking to its IR35 guns has armed PSCs with rate support.

Contractors’ Questions: Does my client’s contractor furlough interfere with the government furlough?

Lawyer cautions a contractor about confusing his furloughs, and about challenging IR35 decisions in challenging times.

What COVID-19 means for contractors under HMRC enquiry

A pandemic provides the perfect conditions for limited companies to ask leniency of the taxman.

What COVID-19 means for contractors under HMRC enquiry

A pandemic provides the perfect conditions for limited companies to ask leniency of the taxman.

Contractor umbrella companies ask Sunak to see ‘blind spots’ of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

A new HMRC update still doesn’t address what ‘desperately’ needs clarifying, despite a letter to the chancellor.

Contractors' Questions: Am I due COVID-19 financial support if my public sector client is terminating me?

By only ‘encouraging’ non-central government clients to pay out, the chancellor is ensuring thousands of contractors get overlooked.

Coronavirus puts IT contractor jobs market into partial paralysis

Lowest index score for almost 11 years points to COVID-19 ‘pausing’ projects, spending and hiring.

Contractors’ Questions: How to calculate late payment interest amid the COVID-19 outbreak?

Debt recovery expert urges a contractor confused by flat rate and compound to tread lightly.

Contractors’ Questions: Who furloughs me if I resigned and joined an umbrella but am a limited company?

Limited options for a ‘Ltd’ contractor whose start date was deferred due to coronavirus.

Government sweetens COVID-19 pay guarantee, albeit just for its own contingent workers

Looking after its own: the state gives 80% rate reimbursement to coronavirus-hit PSCs and others.

Contractors' Questions: Can I get paid during COVID-19 lockdown, now my client still won’t use PSCs?

Legal aid for a limited company contractor whose IR35 case is undermined by his coronavirus hopes.

Changes to Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme 'could help contractors'

Chancellor cheered for getting closer to what PSC contractors need, but the consensus is that more must be done.

How contractor limited company directors can use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Overview to the only cash grant PSC owners are being offered during the pandemic.

Why COVID-19’s insolvency life-raft of measures isn’t designed to keep contractors afloat

Welcome as it is, a suspension to the wrongful trading rules won’t see limited company contractors right.

Contractors, be advised if taking the MVL route post-Budget 2020

A look ahead for PSCs whose company closure plans are like IR35 reform -- not scrapped; just shelved.

Caution urged over official COVID-19 support guidance for atypical workers

Coronavirus aid for freelancers, PSCs and umbrella contractors looks like it needs to come with a health warning.

What easier Right to Work Checks thanks to COVID-19 mean for umbrella companies and their contractors

Sensible and efficient, the Right to Work changes covering you and your umbrella are in force immediately.