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Binge drinking is serious – but so too is a 42% duty hike on your Friday night pint.
Oct 12, 2012
Oh no not another letter? Firms already struggling with paperwork face a BRC by post.
Oct 11, 2012
For being inefficient and ineffective, IR35 is back on the political agenda.
Oct 10, 2012
Coalition must stop refusing to put its thinking cap on when it comes to tax – PCG.
Oct 10, 2012
Criticisms by the PAC show a worrying lack of understanding – REC.
Oct 10, 2012
Taxation boss adds some 'truth' to the outcry over limited company workers.
Oct 9, 2012
Need to quickly tie-up projects makes contractors the preferred IT staffing option.
Oct 9, 2012
HMRC vows to crank up IR35 activity in light of 25,000 off-payroll contracts at the Beeb.
Oct 8, 2012
Hotter than much of the summer but cooling, shows REC’s IT contractor index.
Oct 8, 2012
Staffing body with IT contractor agents as members takes the Labour leader to task.
Oct 5, 2012
Almost twice as many IT temps foresee the state sector as the place to be.
Oct 4, 2012
Late payment is already bad enough, doubling the default period would make it worse.
Oct 4, 2012
Hefty tax savings and big returns lost on almost half of self-employed retirees.
Oct 3, 2012
Taxman succeeds at playing catch-up on IR35, netting more than £1m in the past year.
Oct 2, 2012
Uncertainty cuts deeper into IT budgets, but the weakness is only temporary.
Oct 2, 2012
Rise of the freelance-friendly outfits, as fewer will cut temps and more will go flexible.
Sep 28, 2012
PCG poll finds at least 90% have toyed with the idea of contracting abroad.
Sep 27, 2012
'Surprising that so many contractors aren’t aware of the one-year-old rules.'
Sep 27, 2012
Only fair to respond with our own new lingo in an era of ‘tax abuse’, says the Low Tax Group.
Sep 24, 2012
Notify us or face penalties of up to 100% of the tax owed - HMRC.
Sep 24, 2012
Winner of lucrative IT system contract delivers it as a donation.
Sep 21, 2012
Developing by the hour defies the downward trend of daily pay for IT contractors.
Sep 20, 2012
Virtual 'Admit One' passes in the run-up to 7 Days in June are released.
Sep 20, 2012
Osborne told to rethink his rule’s timetable for the good of businesses, especially the smallest.
Sep 18, 2012
'Taxpayers who complain will be probably be vindicated, at least in part.'
Sep 17, 2012
Second jobs report to cast August as a hot month for IT contractors.
Sep 17, 2012
This year’s ‘mini-Budget’ due in the advent to Christmas.
Sep 14, 2012
‘Being self-taught is sufficient to get by in the freelance IT jobs market.’
Sep 14, 2012
At least two of the state's primary IT suppliers face a ban from new contracts.
Sep 13, 2012
Osborne’s bid for frozen salaries has seen IT contractors left out in the cold.
Sep 11, 2012
Having to feed the taxman in real-time will see the smallest firms get bitten – CIOT.
Sep 11, 2012
'They may be rare, but opportunities await IT suppliers in a host of public areas.'
Sep 11, 2012
August was the brightest month for IT contractors since the high of February.
Sep 10, 2012
Online miscreants go where the money is – increasingly, on iPhone and Android handsets.
Sep 10, 2012
Temps reject claims they’re only on-contract because they can’t get anything else.
Sep 6, 2012
Biggest squeeze on state IT contracts is yet to unfold, as the pinch will peak in 2012-13.
Sep 5, 2012
FSA wants the identities of senior IT managers whose infrastructure could fail.
Sep 5, 2012
High-profile woes around exporting UK IT work bodes well for home-grown tech talent.
Sep 4, 2012
Compensating millions of savers hit by glitchy IT starts with a £20 payout to all.
Sep 4, 2012
Officials hand state-run bodies notes to help ensure ‘off-payroll’ workers are tax-compliant.
Sep 3, 2012
Red tape ban does away with a better way to report rogue business owners.
Sep 3, 2012
Let-go techie accused of sabotage, with potentially 'irreparable damage' to the car giant.
Aug 31, 2012
Tech bosses back Osborne, but say UK IT needs a strategy.
Aug 31, 2012
Uncertainty compels limited company candidates to leave state hirers in the lurch.
Aug 30, 2012
Quango takes a blanket approach, by assuming all its PSC contractors are IR35-caught.
Aug 29, 2012
The rewriting of a question the taxman doesn’t even need to ask just won’t cut it.
Aug 29, 2012
Alert to those using, or about to use, parallel partnerships and company structures.
Aug 28, 2012
BT, Capita and the likes of tipped to jostle for a troubled but still lucrative IT contract.
Aug 28, 2012
Vacation is only a dream for some in business on their own.
Aug 24, 2012
'Doing away with tax credits could make self-employment uneconomic for many.'
Aug 24, 2012
Existing rules, not new ones, are best to tackle the off-payroll hiring of ‘controlling persons’ – CIOT.
Aug 23, 2012
Freelance staff supplier to the continent hails a historical upturn in IT contracts.
Aug 22, 2012
Rejected software development applicant to remain in the dark about where she erred.
Aug 21, 2012
Fewer people missing the tax deadline doesn’t equate to less money for HMRC.
Aug 20, 2012
Frustrated IT contractors see their jobs pinched or paying less, even amid the 'peaks'.
Aug 17, 2012
Family & friends are almost as useful as agents at finding work for contractors.
Aug 17, 2012
Tech giant's clients warned of a 'detrimental' impact to their operations.
Aug 16, 2012
Rogue software sent Knight Capital on an 'erroneous' share trading spree.
Aug 16, 2012
Bizarre or a vast improvement? Merging P35's question six puts IR35 experts at odds.
Aug 15, 2012
Revenue to 'look through' UK residents’ foreign companies at Brussels’ behest, says Low Tax.
Aug 15, 2012
IT contractors seen as potential winners of London 2012.
Aug 14, 2012
Revenue shows its readiness to pounce on traders making innocent mistakes.
Aug 14, 2012
Small fluctuations in temporary IT staff demand persist, afar from real-terms growth - REC.
Aug 10, 2012
Talking up the scale of tax loophole exploiters may backfire – HMRC.
Aug 10, 2012
Disputed report on City IT systems says banks put profit before regulators & customers.
Aug 9, 2012
Coming soon: 24hrs to trumpet the value of the UK’s independent workers.
Aug 9, 2012
Two huge burdens for PSCs will mix to form a 'potentially catastrophic' cocktail.
Aug 8, 2012
Template that Section 58 victims can use in their fight against ‘serious injustice.’
Aug 7, 2012
Section 58 victims to push their MPs for a face-to-face with the tax minister.
Aug 7, 2012
Credit crunch hasn't compelled the City to fix its IT system flaws – Intellect.
Aug 6, 2012
Self-employed have their say on being exempt from health and safety rules.
Aug 6, 2012
'Self-employed can save firms £2bn, assuming none are disguised employees.'
Aug 3, 2012
Subprime crisis credited with a double-digit rise in interims, freelancers and contractors.
Aug 3, 2012
RBS's tech meltdown to scare banks into modernising their IT systems.
Aug 1, 2012
Well-placed survey of over 1,000 contractors shows the market is still doing well.
Aug 1, 2012
Corporate departments, and their leaders, at odds over the Olympics.
Jul 30, 2012
Tax expert guides self-assessors through the maze of making payments on account.
Jul 30, 2012
No shortage of people seeing record self-employment as a Good Thing, but are they right?
Jul 27, 2012
Doing business with Companies House to cost less from October.
Jul 27, 2012
Incumbent IT providers, or skills, are being edged out by newcomers in the job stakes.
Jul 26, 2012
Staffing bodies fear the interim sector won't be thriving for much longer.
Jul 26, 2012
What Section 58 victims are telling the minister for tax.
Jul 25, 2012
No To Retro Tax extends an olive branch to former supporter David Gauke.
Jul 24, 2012
Revenue ready to stamp on individuals and firms legally side-stepping their liabilities.
Jul 24, 2012
Heavy industries pay consultants 80% more to lighten the load with IT.
Jul 23, 2012
Staffing boss says the ripping off of temps, and the taxman, is rife.
Jul 23, 2012
Freelancing body PCG warns that public sector contractors face greater tax scrutiny.
Jul 19, 2012
Freelance group wants you to reveal the impact on the public sector contracting landscape.
Jul 17, 2012
IT security contracts experience strong demand as global internet use continues to surge.
Jul 17, 2012
A recent survey has found that 64% of IT professionals believe their IT outsourcer has invented work for profit...
Jul 16, 2012
IFA: There's good reason why contractors won't cheer 'responsible lending.'
Jul 11, 2012
David Cameron, Jimmy Carr and the morals of agreeing business terms, by contracts lawyer Gary Cousins.
Jul 10, 2012
Demand for temp IT skills is recovering but growth, in real-terms, remains elusive.
Jul 9, 2012
No To Retro Tax tackles the most frequently asked questions of its supporters.
Jul 6, 2012
Chairman Alistair Renshaw updates Section 58 victims following its debate in the House of Commons.
Jul 6, 2012
Skills watchdog mulls the IT workforce growing at almost twice the national average.
Jul 5, 2012
Every taxpayer should have a chance to settle up, not just doctors, dentists and plumbers – CIOT.
Jul 5, 2012
Section 58 victims back a Conservative battling for a rethink on retrospective taxation.
Jul 3, 2012
Financers' spending plans have weakened, but fatter IT budgets remain on the agenda.
Jul 2, 2012
Businessman never told his VAT respite was over escapes a £4.5m tax demand.
Jul 2, 2012
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