Naïve; disingenuous and heading for a fiasco -- say the taxman’s own status advisers.
23rd November, 2016 | IR35 News
Theresa May commits to setting corporation tax at a record low.
22nd November, 2016 | Contracting News
One-man bands facing 'MTD' deserve 'whatever amount of financial support' they need.
22nd November, 2016 | Money News
Phone not ringing off the hook with offers? It's your marketing, stupid.
21st November, 2016 | Comment
Government's 18,000-strong IT contractor workforce to be cut in half from April – IPSE.
17th November, 2016 | IR35 News
What an adviser to contractors hopes to hear from Hammond on Wednesday.
16th November, 2016 | Comment
Timely recommendation for an alignment, not an outright merger that would nullify IR35.
15th November, 2016 | Contracting News
How National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax could be about to change.
15th November, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor's draft fails to wow, just as small firms are blamed for half the tax gap.
14th November, 2016 | Contracting News
A potentially new vehicle for contractors succeeds, where a way to tax them fails.
10th November, 2016 | Contracting News
Restricting the rates of those with the mammoth task of modernising the NHS doesn't compute.
9th November, 2016 | Comment
Digital specialisms shaping up to be a shoo-in for temporary IT workers; this year and next.
'Scarce' IT contractor skills drop to just two, but calls to liberalise the visa regime persist.
8th November, 2016 | Contracting News
Make more traders exempt from quarterly tax e-updates, and delay them, HMRC told.
7th November, 2016 | Money News
Experts find fault with a new probe that lumps agency temps in with 'gig' workers.
3rd November, 2016 | Job News
Listed and at-a-glance; the eight areas that government wants your input on.
A new red flag for contractors emerges, ahead of much easier IR35 enforcement for HMRC.
2nd November, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor's Brexiter colleague said to favour leaving out an economic boost on November 23rd.
1st November, 2016 | Contracting News
Tribunal risks crashing the 'gig economy' by deeming 40,000 app drivers as not self-employed.
31st October, 2016 | Contracting News
Hammond heard looking at disallowing the one-two punch of a Budget followed by an AS.
Innocent mistakes add £1bn more to the tax gap than avoidance.
28th October, 2016 | Money News
Heated meeting between tax and agency staff boils over into accusations, rebukes and denials.
26th October, 2016 | IR35 News
Chancellor reassures the banks, and other hirers worried about the talent pipeline post-Brexit.
24th October, 2016 | Job News
Last chance to give your view on what the Small Business Commissioner must do.
24th October, 2016 | Money News
Accountancy firm's temporary techies to each net thousands less before Christmas.
19th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Chancellor criticised for being too risk-averse, just as firms ask him to boost them by billions.
18th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'More to be done' says NHS regulator, ready to collect data about top rate temps.
18th October, 2016 | Job News
Another alert issued over the future availability of tax advice on complex matters.
17th October, 2016 | Money News
Jittery clients shifted their IT hiring to 'temporary,' and most will stay reliant.
14th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'Accept being taxed like an employee or quit and see the taxman'-- UKHO memo.
13th October, 2016 | IR35 News
How a HMRC consultation could end up hurting the availability and cost of guidance you rely on.
12th October, 2016 | Comment
Tribunal's attention to 'what actually happened' impresses top status adviser.
11th October, 2016 | IR35 News
Taxman takes on two newsreaders to try to cast the die against droves of other PSCs.
10th October, 2016 | IR35 News
The shrugging off by clients continues, despite one or two hiring pauses -- REC.
10th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'Focus on employers, forget more of the same and resist tarring with the same brush.'
6th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Only accountants are out-stashing techies, whose current account balance is unmatched.
6th October, 2016 | Money News
Contractors with offshore tax issues will be hard-pressed to find the WDF's soft spots.
5th October, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor hints at help for high-tech, including on hiring IT workers from abroad.
4th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Now's the time for the Small Business Commissioner, says IPSE, not next year.
3rd October, 2016 | Money News
PM gets a CEO to review the blurring between bosses, workers and contractors.
3rd October, 2016 | Contracting News
Axe antiquated 'SDC' test and forget about shifting IR35's liability, says ARC.
29th September, 2016 | IR35 News
Scheme selling your PSC to Cyprus, so income can turn into relievable gains, is targeted.
28th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Contractors, here's why HMRC's new warning to you isn't acceptable.
28th September, 2016 | Comment
Makers of a free film on mobile development hope to be a hit with the jobless.
27th September, 2016 | TechZone
Fixed-term roles to also be refused by PSCs, who will ‘starve’ public sector of skills.
22nd September, 2016 | IR35 News
Contractors, write to your MP about the damage IR35 reform will inflict from April.
21st September, 2016 | Comment
IPSE, REC and the IoD all want a fiscal stimulus on November 23rd.
20th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Chancellor told by Treasury committee chair that being right is more important than being rigid.
19th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Government's 25% top-up can go towards a house deposit, Treasury confirms.
19th September, 2016 | Money News
How your other half can share your PSC's dividends while cutting your tax bill.
14th September, 2016 | Comment
IR35, and other policies you can feedback on, set for Hammond's inaugural AS.
12th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Forgetting to pay-in what's already been paid incurs firms a £740 weekly charge.
12th September, 2016 | Money News
Shock of Brexit vote said to have subsided in August.
8th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Tax simplification unit attacks 'unnecessarily complex' IR35 reform plan.
7th September, 2016 | IR35 News
Placements almost held up after 'Leave,' but new openings are down by double-digits.
7th September, 2016 | Contracting News
For the first time, the traditional way to pay is now the least used.
6th September, 2016 | Money News
Workers face tax on the full amount of pay sacrificed, bar for a few BiKs, from April.
5th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Exodus of contractors expected to hit PSCs, agents and public sector services.
1st September, 2016 | IR35 News
And even those who know about it say HMRC isn't providing enough information.
23rd August, 2016 | Contracting News
An information shortage seems to make April 6th a tall order for LISA providers.
23rd August, 2016 | Money News
'Flipping' tax debts from a PSC to its persons is a growing business for HMRC.
22nd August, 2016 | Comment
'A very real issue' appears to be keeping small firms from going to court.
22nd August, 2016 | Contracting News
Today's the day to tell the taxman how he'll hurt public sector contracting.
18th August, 2016 | Comment
As Brexit clouds are only on the horizon (not overhead), IT contracting conditions are still good.
17th August, 2016 | Comment
HMRC refuses to exempt incorporated businesses from online accounts in 2018.
17th August, 2016 | Contracting News
Revenue retreats on its plan to mandate digital accounts for all self-employed.
15th August, 2016 | Money News
HR managers warn the IR35 changes will cost money and talent.
15th August, 2016 | IR35 News
August 1st saw another two financial giants axe IT rates, each blaming 'uncertainty.'
10th August, 2016 | Contracting News
UK tech companies have two capitals fighting for their favour.
9th August, 2016 | Contracting News
Another dataset casts Developers as the techie winners of the Brexit vote.
8th August, 2016 | Contracting News
Join the league now for your chance to win!
Superimposing the IR35 plan for the public sector on the private sector won’t be easy.
3rd August, 2016 | Comment
Three advisers are far from alone in feeling the fallout from offshore schemes failing.
2nd August, 2016 | Comment
Treasury says Budget 2016's rewrite of IR35 for the public sector will go ahead.
27th July, 2016 | IR35 News
Software firm says GDPR isn't going to be one less EU regulation to worry about.
25th July, 2016 | TechZone
Extra four months will entice EBT and loan scheme contractors to settle, hopes HMRC.
25th July, 2016 | ebt
Reed's post-referendum data dispels fears of a tech hiring freeze.
22nd July, 2016 | Job News
Brexit-induced uncertainty predicted to dog companies for half a year, 'at least.'
21st July, 2016 | Contracting News
Six month extensions tie the bank’s desktop techies to less money until Christmas.
20th July, 2016 | Contracting News
Control may be the driving force in the ride-hailing app's first UK courtroom.
19th July, 2016 | Contracting News
The dividends tax chancellor goes the way of his 'punishment' Budget.
18th July, 2016 | Contracting News
Robots primed to take over a quarter of business service roles by 2035.
14th July, 2016 | Job News
Higher costs and legal barriers loom large if your client goes under post-Brexit.
13th July, 2016 | Comment
Testing the water? Taxman quizzes companies about his IR35 plan for organisations.
12th July, 2016 | IR35 News
Official update follows the arrival of a new batch of demands for loan repayment.
12th July, 2016 | Contracting News
'Buoyant' times ahead for Business Intelligence contractors, as new systems await.
Deloitte calculates £70k+ PSC contractors to soon be taking home the low sixties.
11th July, 2016 | IR35 News
Uncertainty cools the prospects of even the techies who tend to benefit from jitters.
11th July, 2016 | Contracting News
Dividend mix-ups are worth singing from the rooftops as deserving the Cold Shoulder.
6th July, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor says five per cent tax cut would show post-Brexit Britain as ‘open for business.’
5th July, 2016 | Contracting News
HMRC to clarify which closing down a company activities can be caught by TARR.
5th July, 2016 | Money News
Digital suppliers told to refrain from guesswork about MOSS, as officials 'simply don’t know.'
4th July, 2016 | Money News
Treasury minister on the back foot over 'level playing field' claim.
30th June, 2016 | Contracting News
At home and away, contractors have some cause for optimism, despite the unanswered questions.
29th June, 2016 | Comment
Like the Blue Card, sudden change for UK contractors at EU gigs isn’t on the cards.
Contractors, if you can’t be a Connector then join us because we're working with one.
28th June, 2016 | Comment
'Now's not the time to shackle contractors with new or proposed tax rules.'
27th June, 2016 | Contracting News
Voters back Brexit, Cameron resigns and a new future awaits contractors.
24th June, 2016 | Contracting News
The what, who, where, how and when of today's historic EU referendum.
23rd June, 2016 | Contracting News
As the polls prepare to open, ISPE confronts what concerns most of its members.
22nd June, 2016 | Comment
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