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As the Holden case shows, attempts to find skeletons in your cupboard can only go so far.

MPs including a ‘determined’ Sir Ed Davey get a face-to-face with the loan charge minister.

Uncertainty is likely to blame if you’re on the bench through no fault of your own.

Where firms are borrowing from the old IR35 of 2017, to prepare for the new in 2020.

A look at some of the big players implies all will not be lost when IR35 rules change; but playing catch-up still pervades.

Three status experts implore HMRC -- look at what you’ve done before you leap to do more.

MP fighting for No 10 is pacified by a radio phone-in asking her about death and taxes.

What an aspiring Tory leader said when the daughter of a loan charge suicide victim rung her up.

Your chance to help depose Bad King John’s successor by protesting in Runnymede on Saturday.

The freelance world closing in is almost here; again. But it’s a (un) merry-go-round some of us can get off.

Small is complicated, IR35 consultation respondents tell the taxman of his exemption.

Brexit bounce squashed by an 83-month loss, ahead of a ‘summer of stalemate’.

Even a mix of the likely models, and motivators, can’t be banked on to beat IR35 from April 2020.

‘Both you and us are far from ready for this,’ taxman hears from adviser, accountant and contractor groups.

Dodgy payslips (and damn good sellers) are helping keep the NHS’s rogues in rude health.

Taxman is likened to a trapdoor spider, waiting for users who fall into his web to accrue penalties.

Staying when we ought to have left (by now) is governing the worse position contractors are in -- IPSE.

Jesse Norman faces the biggest show of MP support for probing and postponing the charge.

A £20,000 payout by the MoD ends the horror for Holden but for contractors, the questions begin.

Programming clients to run demos of what you dread, while extolling how your weekend matters.

MPs are told the Treasury has given them partial, misleading or simply ‘not true’ answers.

Jesse Norman MP ‘consulting’ on throwing his hat into the ring to succeed Theresa May.

Whether it stays or it goes, new data legislation is here now, and enforcement is next.

Software engineering and security gaps are a shoo-in for freelancers, at banks especially.

Jesse Norman MP inundated with calls to suspend, delay and review the ‘pernicious’ tax.

Only one working day left to object to the biggest assault on off-payroll workers in two decades.

As misleading maestro Mel gets promoted, his old boss must answer for his own sinister conduct and allegations.

Not being part of a team is good for your status; and even better for your demons.

And where in the capital rates are almost £1,000 a day.

‘It’s Revenue customers, not the Revenue, who’s behind tax not being collected 20 years ago.’

‘Loan-busting’ scheme promoters get picked up. Questioned. And released.

Agree or disagree with IR35 changing in April? There’s only a week left to speak up.

Chancellor asked if he’ll do the ‘extraordinary’ -- finally listen and act.

Pop-ups, signposts and plainer English among a number of tweaks to the tool.

A history of cash collection portals can bring out the blushes nearly as much as X-rated visits.

Jokes over a 1p tax bill have a serious side, including irate contractors and potentially lost business.

Placing HMRC higher up the payment pecking order in insolvency is premature and poorly timed.

Chancellor told to consider if his ‘misleading’ comments need amending or clarifying.

LCAG disputes IOPC finding ‘no evidence’ Revenue saw customer as a threat to themselves.

Temp billings ‘bounce back’ on the back of Brexit concerns, but only very faintly in IT.

What chance for you and your client next year if even a big bank is struggling with IR35 reform now?

New IR35 Forum minutes show HMRC knows about trying to insert parties (and clauses) to nullify 2020’s reform.

Fears of a whitewash as taxman gets told that he alone can decide his appropriateness.

New hoops for directors to jump through, thanks to the 175-year-old register digitalising.

Only 20 days to go to oppose old tax debts falling due much sooner.

Taxman updates the ‘little-read’ series with his MSC victory -- a ‘battering ram.’

Contractor group responds to claims it hasn’t supported those caught by the April tax.

Bank puts contracting’s viability in doubt, as all direct PSC hires will cease from September.

Six scenarios set to play out over 183 days; and half hold disadvantages for UK contractors.

The telco and techie are among 17 firms ‘named and shamed’ for unfairness over supplier invoices.

First ever rundown of companies that have broken their prompt payment promise.

Chancellor is asked to take back his ‘simply false’ statement about LCAG.

Signs of a flexible taxman (once you settle) are pleasing; less so his other new clawback power.

Tie-ups with foreign taxmen are paying dividends for a Revenue raising seven times as much.

‘Creditable’ freelancer defeats HMRC’s £124k tax bill, without Substitution and with Mutuality.

HMRC's bid to hold an IR35 enquiry open indefinitely is thwarted using its own vows.

Sixty days to sort your ‘shocking’ limited company engagements stance, MPs tell the corporation.

Be aware of all rules, especially any that put you inside IR35, or you too will be bitten.

TV conman is left £150k out of pocket, by judges who ‘didn’t buy his hopeless claims.’

Treasury turns down 160 MPs fighting for contractors, in a ‘ridiculous whitewash.’

Massive jump in FTT cases, as taxpayers push back a ‘more aggressive’ taxman.

Another April 2020 change will add to the admin-compliance burden, but PSCs might actually like this one.

PSCs will agree 2017's ‘lessons haven’t been learned’ but, for 2020, decisions have been taken.

Treasury says CEST is going to change; rejects blanketing as common and denies loan charge link.

Treasury has until Thursday, but a vote to force the charge’s suspension already looks likely.

Growth in demand for IT freelancers has not looked as miniscule since August 2016.

When even what they call themselves isn’t correct, you can know the arrangement is a wrong’un.

Now-live digital tax accounts are cause for much less concern than you’re being led to believe.

Disgraceful. Scandalous. Unprecedented. More of the truth about HMRC must come out today too.

Practical tips ahead of Friday’s final deadline get issued, pending a last-minute reprieve.

John Thompson faces charges of misdirection on multiple fronts, including HMRC’s Hyrax ‘victory.’

Officials insist their only point about suicide stories still stands -- consent was lacking.

Providers remain online, unphased and offering ‘glass crash helmets’ if HMRC wins, again.

Letter to the chancellor seeks apology and correction for taxman’s ‘barefaced lie.’

Vacancies vault to a solid seven per cent growth, easing placements back from the brink.

The contractor compliance cocktail is strong but, fortunately, IR35 and MSC can’t be mixed.

Like the TV host, contractors will need facts, not just good fortune, to trounce the taxman.

Revealed: five falsehoods of a report ignoring the unprecedented, the unfair and the upsetting.

The best of the contractor industry will be crowned in London for their ‘exceptional’ service to contractors.

HMRC tipped to ramp up account-raiding as part of its loan charge recovery effort.

A collapse in their talks doesn’t end the unprecedented deal the BBC is getting from HMRC.

‘Fiendishly complex’ levy is increasingly troubling small firms, and lining the taxman’s pockets.

Judges join the TV star in annoyed puzzlement at a taxman in 'cloud cuckoo land.'

Better to have toughened the Prompt Payment Code than add reporting duties, chancellor told.

Ten ‘hot’ skills; five negotiation tips and one big deal that your 16% premium wants approved.

In passing the buck, executioner HMRC is going to make engagers the 'judge and jury.'

Law firm says it’s case of comply and risk being sued. Or keep the client but face sanctions.

Only one in three are putting away any cash for when contracting is over.

Chancellor urged to cease and desist, as 60 HMRC customers are considering killing themselves.

Chancellor cheered by the CIOT for more than just keeping his promise.

Overview of the chancellor’s small offerings, including reaction to the big ‘no-show.’

Hammond hit for being unhelpful, as Loan Charge, MTD and IR35 reform all get his go-ahead.

Hammond hails a ‘Britain fit for the future,’ despite Brexit ‘uncertainty over the economy.’

No changes due in today’s Spring Statement, so you can draw your dividends strategy now.

‘Frustrated’ contractors vote with their feet, saying 11th hour grovelling is too little too late.

Brexit’s edge exerts a ‘chilling effect,’ resulting in a 29-month low for IT contractors.

Intervene or be reckless in the extreme, May told, amid ‘more lives being increasingly at risk.’

As IR35 is reform largely set, and Brexit isn’t, contractor accountants aren’t expecting much.

Focus on fashioning the reform’s unpalatable parts, because the government’s mind looks made up.

For the good of our economy chancellor, you can’t afford to ignore the levy’s mounting problems.