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Contractor sector employers rather than individual contractors may need to act, now the UK is strengthening the enshrining of requests to work contractor-like patterns.

Importing overseas contractors is billed as how to keep the UK on a par with rivals ahead of the curve on CCUS and AI.

Digital estate planning as a contractor is clearly lax if it covers you but not your company.

A telling series of posts by tax experts sheds light on the ‘game-changing,’ ‘show-offs’ who do your books.

The government’s belated bid to regulate brollies is attracting neither mass support from experts nor many submissions by workers.

Hiring 1,630 temps but not engaging a single PSC outside IR35, the recruitment approach of the Revenue is irony at its most alarming.

On top of making the default time to pay them compulsory, the UK’s tiny companies deserve tougher enforcement against late payers.

Dividend-payers should get clued up on the worst-case scenario -- HMRC seizing personal assets to recover amounts owed to your limited company.

Latest Guides

Premiums of £1,200 a day are testament to how hot the IT contractor security space is right now.

25th August, 2023 | Successful Contracting

An explainer for contractors on HMRC’s Pay As You Earn.

24th August, 2023 | Money

Overview of a ‘Notice of Requirement to give security,’ and why it mustn’t be ignored.

23rd August, 2023 | Limited Companies

Like any other software, AI tools need only pass the ‘wholly’ and ‘exclusively’ tests to be tax deductible.

22nd August, 2023 | Expenses

Revealed: the soft skills, competencies and characteristics which set contractors apart from their rivals.

21st August, 2023 | Successful Contracting

Ready to print off and fill in, the two documents limited company directors need in a HMRC dividend-challenge.

18th August, 2023 | Limited Companies

Taking the time up front to match engagement model with the payment method you want can pay dividends later on.

27th July, 2023 | Successful Contracting

The top 10 considerations when setting up an umbrella company for contractors.

26th July, 2023 | Umbrella Companies

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