Contracting News

Runaway demand seems far from on the cards this festive season.

Managers operating via companies should no longer be paid, hospitals told.

Setting in stone who the self-employed are will help a host of probes into them.

Rumours of the death of public sector PSC contracting are being greatly exaggerated.

Working on how our sector is perceived could pay a different kind of dividend.

Sheer weight of £450m in avoidance measures explains one adviser's fatiguing feeling.

Your chance to pay recognition to those who excel in the IT contractor marketplace.

In-depth takeaways for PSCs from the chancellor's anti-contractor package.

IR35 reform approved; VAT FRS raided, new schemes targeted and incorporation is next.

Philip Hammond's first (and last) AS targets incorporation and disguised self-employment earnings.

Theresa May commits to setting corporation tax at a record low.

Phone not ringing off the hook with offers? It's your marketing, stupid.

What an adviser to contractors hopes to hear from Hammond on Wednesday.

Timely recommendation for an alignment, not an outright merger that would nullify IR35.

How National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax could be about to change.

Chancellor's draft fails to wow, just as small firms are blamed for half the tax gap.

A potentially new vehicle for contractors succeeds, where a way to tax them fails.

Restricting the rates of those with the mammoth task of modernising the NHS doesn't compute.

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.

A new red flag for contractors emerges, ahead of much easier IR35 enforcement for HMRC.

Chancellor's Brexiter colleague said to favour leaving out an economic boost on November 23rd.

Tribunal risks crashing the 'gig economy' by deeming 40,000 app drivers as not self-employed.

Hammond heard looking at disallowing the one-two punch of a Budget followed by an AS.

Accountancy firm's temporary techies to each net thousands less before Christmas.

Chancellor criticised for being too risk-averse, just as firms ask him to boost them by billions.

Jittery clients shifted their IT hiring to 'temporary,' and most will stay reliant.

How a HMRC consultation could end up hurting the availability and cost of guidance you rely on.

The shrugging off by clients continues, despite one or two hiring pauses -- REC.

'Focus on employers, forget more of the same and resist tarring with the same brush.'  

Contractors with offshore tax issues will be hard-pressed to find the WDF's soft spots.

Chancellor hints at help for high-tech, including on hiring IT workers from abroad.

PM gets a CEO to review the blurring between bosses, workers and contractors.

Scheme selling your PSC to Cyprus, so income can turn into relievable gains, is targeted.

Contractors, here's why HMRC's new warning to you isn't acceptable.

Contractors, write to your MP about the damage IR35 reform will inflict from April.

IPSE, REC and the IoD all want a fiscal stimulus on November 23rd.

Chancellor told by Treasury committee chair that being right is more important than being rigid.

How your other half can share your PSC's dividends while cutting your tax bill.

IR35, and other policies you can feedback on, set for Hammond's inaugural AS.