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Starmer omitting Single Worker Status in his TUC speech means expect the best, but prepare for the worst

Maybe the contractor industry should just take the hint, because despite a Green Paper back in 2022, SWS appears to have gone missing -- for now.

11th September, 2024 | Comment

Uncertainty of Autumn Budget 2024 forced IT contractor’s hirers into ‘wait and see’ mode in August

The unknown of October 30th and an opaque Employment Rights Bill are keeping IT 'recruitment and investment plans on hold.'

10th September, 2024 | Contracting News

Contractors, do you land direct-to-client IT work, and max out your rate in the process?

The CV & Interview Advisors previews its Thursday webinar on how to find contracts that are both unadvertised and high-paying.

9th September, 2024 | Comment

The tragedy of the toddler with brain injuries, the ex-footballer who inflicted them, and a ‘passed’ DBS check – not that it exists

One of the many wrongs of the Kiernan Hughes-Mason case is how candidate criminal history checks got characterised.

5th September, 2024 | Comment

Stuart Barnes loses on IR35 due to the contract outflanking working practices, teeing up a £695,000 HMRC tax bill

Sky Sports rugby pundit tackled by the ‘growing trend of UT clashing with FTT on IR35,’ sidelining what happened -- in favour of the hypothetical contract.

3rd September, 2024 | IR35 News

Why 'market rate' is a dud term IT contractors should no longer accept

Tech job adverts specifying the pay in words, rather than numbers, aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

2nd September, 2024 | Comment

Contractors, does a new legal ‘right to disconnect’ after a day’s work get your vote?

Concerned for their wellbeing, Australia just gave employees a right to disconnect. Maybe the UK should do the same, but for its freelance consultants too.

30th August, 2024 | Comment

Mainpay just lost (again), costing the umbrella company dearly, but its contractors nothing

Five bites of the cherry to get its subsistence expenses deductions approved have now failed for the brolly.

29th August, 2024 | Comment

Latest Guides

Contractors’ Questions: How to use Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) as a limited company with £300,000?

An IT contractor who joined the dark side gets a refresher on BADR requirements, ahead of extracting £300k before winding-up.

12th September, 2024 | MVL

Contractors’ Questions: Can I file dormant accounts or are my transactions ‘significant’ in Companies House’s eyes?

Any sort of trading history precludes dormant accounts, meaning micro-entity accounts must continue to be filed.

4th September, 2024 | Limited Companies

Contractors’ Questions: Is it legal to 10-day backdate an invoice so it’s payable immediately?

‘Just because there’s no law against it doesn’t make it not misleading or unfair’ -- plus Direct Debit Guarantee tips.

29th August, 2024 | Money

Fighting IR35? It’s futile if the 30-day statutory time limit to appeal HMRC’s decision is missed, à la Cowan

Sympathy for the Sky Sports pundit. Frustration in his defence. Same old HMRC. But rules are rules.

28th August, 2024 | IR35

IR35 Deemed Payment: what is it, and how to calculate it?

Top eight steps to tot up the off-payroll rules’ deemed payment, plus who calculates it and when.

22nd August, 2024 | IR35

Contractors’ Questions: With an end-user not paying travel costs, is it more tax-efficient to claim via self-assessment or have the PSC pay?

A recap on Mileage Allowance Relief for few-days-a-week workers, not being reimbursed for getting to the job.

22nd August, 2024 | Expenses

Contractors' Questions: Is a year-long CV gap concerning or normal nowadays?

Top tips from a tech agent who’s seeing once-successful, skilled, IT contractors broken by tumbleweed.

21st August, 2024 | Successful Contracting

How IT contractors can get LinkedIn to take a shine to them (clue: hack the algorithm)

A well-written LinkedIn profile is one thing; actually having people land on it is quite another. Join my Wednesday webinar to find out how.

20th August, 2024 | Successful Contracting

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