Loan Charge contractors implore MPs to vote for ‘fairness for all’ clause NC31

‘Confine the charge to taxpayers who knew the loan was taxable, but remove it if they declared to HMRC.’

Contractors, will 'respect' replace 'rates' in your new normal?

The contractor workforce’s intentions were clear on covid’s eve. This pandemic looks set to cement them.

Contractors’ Questions: Who’s eligible for an Ancestry Visa?

One of the least restrictive UK visas is also among the most inexpensive and easiest to manage.

Key Information Documents: what contractors need to know

Covid-19 saw priorities shift. But KID could see agencies on the block, as it’s now an in-force requirement.

Contractors’ Questions: Who’s eligible for an Ancestry Visa?

One of the least restrictive UK visas is also among the most inexpensive and easiest to manage.

Facing September’s grim deadline, it’s little wonder Loan Charge contractors are on the brink of suicide

More so than anyone else in this already fearful year of covid-19, Loan Charge contractors face a very real, immediate and dreaded choice.

Contractors, as covid lockdown lifts, help unlocking health insurance should be a must for many

Your return to ‘normal’ poses risks that are anything but. The prepared will know their protection options.

Another Loan Charge contractor on suicide watch triggers urgent appeal to Boris Johnson

Prime minister urged to intervene amid a ‘100% certainty’ of HMRC’s tax taking more human lives.

Contractors' Questions: Should I put my Covid-19 support work on my CV?

‘It’s where you put it that counts, otherwise your chances as a PM will suffer.’

Cowboy or compliant? How to spot a straight-shooter umbrella company

With IR35 reform on the horizon, the good, the bad and the ugly brollies are out in force.

Contractors’ Questions: How best to supply a Danish company post-covid?

IR35 isn’t on this questioner’s lips, but it’s worth him touching upon it if he contracts after coronavirus.

Jesse Norman denies April’s IR35 off-payroll rules exerting ‘chilling effect’

Treasury minister also says no need for businesses to adjust until next year, at odds with expert advice.

Only more covid fallout can keep IR35 reform from biting contractors in April

Reasonable care guidance plus a three-part SDS equals being off-payroll rules-ready.

Contractors can’t be surprised at MPs' go-ahead to reform IR35 from April 2021, remarkable as it is

To mark the now very much incoming off-payroll rules in the private sector, heed this advice for agencies and contractors -- APSCo.

So contractors, should a CV ever be written in the third-person?

LinkedIn and work-winning expert Matt Craven thinks not.

Like the defeat of the IR35 amendment, HMRC’s attitude to contractors is disappointing

It’s intimidating and inequitable too. But with the April 2021 launch still scheduled, it’s also unlikely to change.

So contractors, should a CV ever be written in the third-person?

LinkedIn and work-winning expert Matt Craven thinks not.

Covid-19: What HMRC's ‘pay-now clawback later’ contractor dividends policy might look like

IPSE outlines the potential bolt-on to the furlough scheme which government has been told to adopt to help limited company directors.

Here’s a CJRS update contractors actually need: key dates and financial pinch points

The furlough scheme has stings in its tail for PSCs, but government must now take a hands-off approach and intervene elsewhere.

One minister’s regrettable traits are found in IR35 enforcer HMRC too, worryingly

Not listening? Not understanding? Not altering one’s view with the facts? Taxman and Treasury appear to be one and the same.

Contractors urged to unify behind IR35 push to postpone 2021’s reforms

‘Focus MPs' minds on a Finance Bill amendment to delay the incoming, not suspend the existing.’

Treasury committee calls for dividends to be drawn into furlough scheme

Government told it must end ‘significant financial hardship’ for coronavirus-hit limited companies.

Be meticulous with furlough scheme paperwork, limited company bosses warned

A new 30-day notification period may help catch amounts or records which couldn’t keep track of CJRS’s 20-plus updates.

Contractors’ Questions: Who’s eligible for a Tier 5 visa?

The hoops ‘someone special’ needs to jump through to get a UK temporary worker permit.

'Sticks and stones…' Jesse Norman, it’s your Loan Charge that breaks us ordinary families

I’m not a lobbyist. I’m a daughter, sister and mother. And I’m a wife to a husband in despair at a draconian demand for money we never even had.

IT contractor demand 'set to spike thanks to the new normal hinging on technology'

Virtual onboarding. Staff needing remote access. Platform patches. New e-gov portals. It all bodes well for IT contractors.

What a ‘mare! Bigger deposits are the next hurdle for contractor homebuyers

As lenders clear the field of 10% deposit mortgages, contractors can still use tactics to avoid getting boxed in.

A contractor’s guide to CVL: Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation

Reaching your company’s tipping point amid or after covid-19 is understandable. Reaching it alone, unaided, isn’t.

Contractor CVs – professional or home-made?

Six things that whoever writes your CV (other than you) can’t afford to miss, whether they charge or not.

Contractors, are you covid-ready to do your health and safety bit in the workplace?

They once worked in silos but for contractors today, ‘covid-secure’ cannot be a one-person project.

Contractors' Questions: Can I be rehired and furloughed despite being made redundant?

If the employer obliges, one early covid victim will be both furloughed and freelance.

LCAG contractors take to YouTube to rebut Jesse Norman’s ‘shameful’ characterisation

Minister whose stance mirrors HMT’s terms for Sir Amyas Morse is accused of mistaking ‘normal families’ for ‘political lobbyists.’

Batch of ‘rip-off’ umbrella companies selling ‘abusive avoidance’ to NHS returners

MPs warn of financial pain for those taking on covid-19, and taken in by the brolly sector’s unscrupulous.

Worst of coronavirus crisis for IT contractor hiring may be over, says REC

First sign of green shoots springs up amid freezes; uncertainty and competition.

Contractors' Questions: Can my agency legally hike payment terms from 7 to 28 days?

When saying ‘no’ is feasible, contractually, but inviting of unknowns, risk, and repercussions.

Boris Johnson rejects extending CJRS to cover contractor dividends

PM acknowledges payments to PSCs are ‘very very important’, but says little else.

Contractors' Questions: Can my agency legally hike payment terms from 7 to 28 days?

When saying ‘no’ is feasible, contractually, but inviting of unknowns, risk, and repercussions.

How covid-19 is (still) affecting contractor mortgage lending

And will do well into the future. But thanks to the housing market’s official reopening, the diagnosis could be a lot worse.

HMRC resumes compliance checks, even though CJRS has no appeals process

Taxman lifts the covid-19 hold on investigations, despite only ‘a review’ in place for rejected furlough claims.

Contractors’ Questions: Can I furlough my spouse in our Arctic Systems-like company?

‘CJRS is open to husband-and-wife firms like yours, but what does your conscience say?’

Contractors’ Questions: What happens if I take a CBIL, or BBL, and can’t pay it back?

Unclear rules don’t make the consequences any less stiff if PSCs shirk the loans’ terms.

Government to phase-in ‘flexible furloughing’ by ending three-week minimum

Working as and when is welcomed, despite concern in the temp sector about co-funding furlough payments.

Last chance for the 'IR35-interested' to answer Finance Bill's public call for evidence

Only today’s business hours left for contractors to speak up on the off-payroll rules.