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Disappointed but not surprised, says a Barclays PSC, preparing to be part of the bank’s contractor exodus.

All eyes are on IR35 from 2020, but it’s actually the Agency Legislation which could see contractors’ staple payments reclassified.

‘Deadlock’ over the UK’s EU departure has helped lift growth in IT contractor demand out of the doldrums.

New official guidance lets agencies and umbrellas finalise forms for April 2020.

MPs ask the head reviewer of the tax to tell HMT of the number of lives it’s really taken.

Two unflattering reports of the government’s housing showpiece could consign it for early demolition at Budget 2019.

Minister defends keeping the potentially ‘inappropriate,’ suicide-inducing tax in force.

Locum who lost enlists 'vastly experienced' Michael Paulin, but needs your help to fund fighting HMRC.

The number of clients ‘ceasing and desisting’ PSCs doubles in a day from three to six. And ‘more will follow.’

Ex-inspector says the first shot against clients calling time on PSCs was fired when the Revenue wrote to the 1,500.

It involves a giant of news, but this FTT case’s deciders have been massively underreported. Until now.

Unheeded warning to HMRC, ministers and the chancellor has the most tragic of consequences.

Between now and Monday, many still have an unenviable decision to make.

Evidence of HMRC bullying or blundering with dates is sought, for Sir Amyas’ eyes only.

As April 2020 nears, recruiters are reluctant to advertise your engager as exempt (even if they are).

HMRC waives penalties for the third who failed to file, but another deadline falls this Thursday.

The 2019 Loan Charge Review extends the deadline for meeting to October 14th.

New chancellor rumoured to want his first autumn Budget about a month from now.

Judges just about go against Gosling, Willcox and Eades -- the BBC’s faces of forced limited company usage.

IPSE: Clouds of uncertainty aren’t shifting, and just one of them could bring the house down.

Contractors and their families are among those who can now have their say to Sir Amyas Morse.

An emergency order is the only way to stop the loan charge suicide rate doubling, Javid told.

Minister’s review letter that doesn’t initially detail the review raises a ‘frightening’ prospect.

Dead ahead: Contractors, brace yourselves for a surface-level assessment of considerable icebergs.

Experts, advisers and MPs fear a rerun of the Treasury’s March ‘whitewash.’

It’s practical and proportionate to pause the charge while it’s appropriateness is assessed.

Not a campaign, and not a sign of things to come, implies the taxman, despite eyeing other pharmas.

Lehman and AWR were the last time growth in the appetite for freelance IT skills was so weak.

The prime minister’s assurance of action is welcomed, but contractors are cautioned over what it doesn’t mean.

To contractors, the country’s finances and even the PM, this retrospective tax could be their undoing.

View a copy of the letter received by GSK contractors from HMRC regarding their IR35 status. 

A simple message to coincide with the Spending Review needs your voice to amplify it.

Opening up is the key to unlocking what you need to put your house in order, and your partners’ houses, for April 6th.

Almost 90% fear HMRC doesn’t ‘get it’; new guidance is ‘woeful’ and advisers say ‘confusion’ will reign.

Why ruining 1,500 contractors’ bank holiday weekends (and potentially their livelihoods), takes more balance than you might think.

Pay up by the 19th or argue why you’re not caught by IR35, the taxman tells the pharma’s PSCs.

An important cut-off if you’re caught by the charge and are settling looms large -- a week today.

Two big off-payroll tax provisions will force firms to play policeman, hot potato and pass the parcel.

No education package, and no CEST update, may be why ‘cracks are starting to show’.

'It’s highlighting and challenging that’s the main point of writing to Johnson, Javid and Norman.'

‘A small July payment should be treated with suspicion, to avoid a big surprise in 2020.’

What this website and ten other contractor groups have told the PM and chancellor.

As an ex-Tory leader admits shame, the incumbent is begged by the bereaved to act.

Sector stalwarts join ContractorUK in pressing the PM and chancellor on their contractor commitments.

Political heavyweight Sir Vince Cable joins the many MPs landing the very same blows on the loan charge.

Having binned both the net migration target and Tier 1’s cap, the government is told Tier 2 salary must be next in its sights.

Government told resisting a rush job on contractor tax reform would stem labour market uncertainty.

New government disappoints by churning out the ‘same old stuff,’ despite 25,000 fresh objections.

Harvey Nash on how prep for IR35’s revamp means meetings, questions and audits (all involving you).

Bank to ‘undoubtedly’ keep engaging PSCs, but it still wants 5,000 external techies on-payroll.

PM urged to act sooner rather than later, as August’s and September’s cut-off could claim more lives.

The Insolvency Service’s CET are like a lightning bolt; scary, but unlikely to strike you down.

Entries have now been sorted, scrutinised and judged by the panel to create impressive shortlists.

‘Only very valued PSCs will get access to the (toothless, flawed) system; the rest won’t.'

Our new PM is many things, but have you got him pegged as a rate-negotiation model? You should.

Alert issued over fake clients, and fraudulent ‘contractors’ making off with agencies’ cash.

Ex-Tory leader reminds the current leader about HMT’s ‘unfair, damaging retrospection.’

Government off-payroll rules ‘review’ says 2012’s have been ‘superseded’ by 2017’s.

The contractor sector’s biggest endorsement yet of the PM’s appointments goes to HMT’s new boss.

The case of the doctor who did a commendable job underlines the injustice imposed, and incoming, on others who work independently.

Time (and volatility) might not be on the new Tory leader’s side, but the hope is he’ll clear the big obstacles.

Mutuality and Substitution save Dr Mantides from an IR35 bill of £30k -- partially.

‘We are analysing your feedback’ really meant ‘We are dismissing if it doesn’t meet our three aims.’

When being wise after the event still lands an airline the biggest fine yet.

Minister deluged with personal testimony after saying he welcomes being corrected by evidence.

BT, BAE, Centrica, Fujitsu and Prudential are removed for Prompt Payment Code flouting.

Not enshrining the tool hasn’t taken the heat out of how ‘useless’ version 2 is expected to be.

Come 2020, it looks as if a channel open for contractors to independently contest bad IR35 decisions will close.

Loan Charge APPG tells peers that Jesse Norman’s pledge doesn’t mean what it sounds like.

A help to PSCs? A trigger for more blanketing? Or just more complexity? Experts think it all.

A great way to learn and find work excludes almost 1milllion agency contractors, government told.

No duty on engagers to notify exempt status means PSC won’t know if IR35 is in play or not.

Few curveballs but no delay, as the biggest shake-up to contracting is going ahead from next April.

Radio sports writer scores a narrow win over HMRC’s hattrick of status arguments.

This full admission is welcome, says WTT; less so what it says about HMRC.

The three reasons clients give for not sorting your IR35 status will go as Finance Bill arrives tomorrow.

Thompson hit for internally using a pursuit animal image, even though contractors have died from being chased.

Robotic or just unsympathetic? Contractors’ tax advisers try to work out HMRC granting much less wriggle room.

Full-timer scarcity reduced too, but ‘hiring right’ is tech start-ups’ biggest obstacle.

Counting down to disclosure needs some clarity, as HMRC has brought only opaqueness.

Slight uptick since May’s low, but a ‘cautious approach’ by hirers looks set for the summer.

Bank rejects insider’s claims, but agrees it won’t cease and desist limited company hires.

Despite new replies on IR35 not adding much, one contractor is taking a stand -- alongside 12,000 others.

Delaying April’s rules is the only way to avert more Morgan Stanleys, policy-makers told.

Chancellor caught saying ‘well done’ after new minister’s ‘callous’ performance.

A 25% siphon from your pay adds up to fraud, and may build the fraudster a buffer.

Britons contracting in Europe said to be tempted, despite HMRC’s success.

Fines for not paying you are, well; fine, but recovery costs are really where reform could come into its own.

Bank is the first big client to explore a ‘viable’ way to maintain PSC usage post-2020.

Both prime ministerial contenders make commitments to independently probing the disguised remuneration tax.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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