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6th March, 2019 | Contracting News
Private sector PSCs get a 'template with tweaks' -- the 2017 rules plus a few bells and whistles.
5th March, 2019 | IR35 News
Not harsh of us to chase non-compliant PSCs, forced or not, says HMRC’s Jim Harra.
Treasury to finally invite ‘views on the detailed design’ of IR35 in the private sector.
Three new letters, and the third time Spring Statement is seen as a chance to ‘put back’ April’s tax.
4th March, 2019 | Contracting News
‘For the economy and for us, the outlook is grim, in the short and long-term.’
As the knockout blow eludes MPs, it’s Loan Charge officials who are actually inflicting the real damage.
1st March, 2019 | Comment
A day of mass protest and moving evidence culminates in claims of unconstitutional conduct.
28th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Tech-dependent Barclays, HSBC and JP Morgan dominate the UK’s top 20 hiring companies.
28th February, 2019 | Job News
With loan charge, Brexit and IR35 uncertainty, is the devil in the detail all we can rely on?
27th February, 2019 | Comment
The ‘guinea pig’ probe into one PSC, to decide on IR35 for all PSCs, wins two advisers’ backing.
26th February, 2019 | IR35 News
An offence with huge implications for contracting just got its own widget for whistle-blowers.
26th February, 2019 | Contracting News
A question that the Revenue last year dodged is finally answered -- by contractors it hired.
25th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Small companies give HMRC the cold shoulder for its invitation to digitise VAT.
25th February, 2019 | Money News
Four ‘false news’ examples on IR35 get picked apart by a recruitment lawyer.
22nd February, 2019 | IR35 News
As HMRC signs off its ‘guinea pig’ model, it’s end-users who continue to rule the IR35 roost.
21st February, 2019 | Comment
Hammond hears that it’s time his warm words translated into reformist actions.
21st February, 2019 | Money News
Clients have a single decision to make whereas agencies face a laundry list, plus a bed of nails.
20th February, 2019 | Comment
Crowds of commuters getting taken in about tax liabilities has put their towns on the map.
20th February, 2019 | Money News
Protest organisers call you to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with MPs fighting retrospection.
19th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Status expert warns of IR35 investigations having ‘unrelated’ beginnings.
18th February, 2019 | IR35 News
MPs get a preview of how HMRC’s tax has turned people’s lives upside down.
18th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Sir Ed Davey’s APPG wants you to come forward to outline the ‘reality of your situation.’
14th February, 2019 | Contracting News
What private sector preparations for the 2020 rules should look like right now.
13th February, 2019 | Comment
Labour leader challenges Hammond and May to share their self-assessment forms.
13th February, 2019 | Money News
If PSCs had their way, they might do what one adviser suggests -- cut recruiters out.
12th February, 2019 | IR35 News
‘Ditch the salary threshold, extend visas to three years and exempt scarce occupations.’
12th February, 2019 | Job News
‘Wait and see’ mode until Brexit completes has put the brakes on contract billings.
11th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Divisiveness, change and removal. It’s all gone on, but now it’s time to move on.
8th February, 2019 | Comment
A lot of off-payroll rule uncertainty looms, but there isn’t a lot of will to stem it. Or is there?
7th February, 2019 | Comment
Government told that small VAT-registered companies need ‘no deal’ scenarios.
7th February, 2019 | Money News
A muddled IR35 policy is why the broadcaster still hasn’t fixed its dog’s breakfast, says the PAC.
6th February, 2019 | IR35 News
Contractors, it’s time to remove HMRC’s ability to be judge, jury and executioner.
5th February, 2019 | Comment
Taxpayers on less than £30k are offered an automatic, ‘no questions asked’ arrangement.
4th February, 2019 | Contracting News
Chancellor to get to his feet two weeks pre-Brexit, a few weeks post-IR35 consultation.
The three things you need to do to help land premiums, not pain, when jumping jobs.
2nd February, 2019 | Comment
‘Have you tried turning it off and on again?’ is often an ask too far.
1st February, 2019 | TechZone
Aside to small fluctuations contractors will welcome, the big move looks like less IR35-inspired hiring of permies.
31st January, 2019 | Contracting News
Leaf-turning by a blinkered, intransigent HMRC is an unlikely prospect -- at least on IR35.
30th January, 2019 | Comment
A cross-party group of peers and MPs will probe the April tax’s impact on contractors.
30th January, 2019 | Contracting News
FSB: It’s right to review what could ruin the self-employed, ‘retrospective’ or not.
29th January, 2019 | Contracting News
Revenue uses November IR35 Forum to exonerate engagers who don’t decide IR35 case-by-case.
28th January, 2019 | IR35 News
IT workers are all but the best at getting things off their chest, just not at home.
25th January, 2019 | Job News
Woolly underwear and other outlandish items fail to make the cut.
24th January, 2019 | Money News
Knowing yourself is the key to exploiting fierce competition, sharp appetite and rising rates.
23rd January, 2019 | Comment
CGT not being taken off you doesn’t make you a victim (although you may be).
22nd January, 2019 | Comment
Too busy, too short and too cold. Revenue reveals what won’t fly (includes witches).
22nd January, 2019 | Money News
QC tweets against the ‘spin’ of a taxman who he says should be ‘soul-searching’.
21st January, 2019 | Contracting News
Brexit, plus political, economic turmoil equals a subdued technology sector.
21st January, 2019 | Job News
Why techies with ‘experiance’ and ‘specialized’ skills are probably still on the bench.
18th January, 2019 | Job News
Shortlist you for a detail-orientated environment? Probably not if you can’t spell.
17th January, 2019 | Comment
No-deal, so no transition period in the year IR35 toughens, is a growing prospect.
17th January, 2019 | Contracting News
‘Increasingly reliant’ Treasury tipped to launch a VAT plan to protect a 79% surge.
16th January, 2019 | Money News
Leaving it to the last-minute is the stressful, risky preference for a quarter of HMRC customers.
15th January, 2019 | Money News
‘The April charge is the sort of taxation that led to the birth of the Magna Carta.’
14th January, 2019 | Contracting News
Peace of mind is why you best double-check what the Revenue demands this tax season.
14th January, 2019 | Money News
Techies or traders looking for opportunities could do much worse than Berkshire's county town.
11th January, 2019 | Job News
Save your outrage for HMRC’s ‘external consultant,’ as ‘Sir CEO’ is de rigueur.
10th January, 2019 | Comment
Why at this time of year testing the market or playing hardball can be fatal.
No 10 is drawn into the retrospective row, thanks to a Lib Dem MP’s question and amendment.
10th January, 2019 | Contracting News
Demand grew, IT talent gaps opened, but now the uncertainty is even affecting temps.
9th January, 2019 | Contracting News
MPs could today trigger a Treasury review and report on the ‘unfair’ loan charge.
8th January, 2019 | Contracting News
Clients are on a respite from rules-induced work, ahead of Digital dominating in 2019.
7th January, 2019 | Comment
APSCo index suggests hirers found their feet following the IR35 Budget wobble.
7th January, 2019 | Contracting News
Taylor’s recommendation to regulate all brollies, not only those for the low-paid, just got accepted.
3rd January, 2019 | Contracting News
Thanks for your support in 2018, and get ready to be at the cutting-edge of UK contracting over the next year.
The big announcement of 2018 will have reverberations for many years to come.
19th December, 2018 | IR35 News
Quarter of techies go without at Christmas, or if not, what they get isn’t what they want.
14th December, 2018 | Job News
Contractors who collapse will have to pay the taxman second, not fourth, from when IR35 changes.
13th December, 2018 | Comment
Victorious newcomers, stalwarts still on top, and the former taxman of the moment.
12th December, 2018 | Contracting News
Who’s won what at the 12th annual awards voted for by you.
12th December, 2018 | Comment
Christmas for contractors looks set to be quiet, except for the risk-taking rate-chasers.
11th December, 2018 | Contracting News
IPSE to spotlight the new, the young, and the best, on projects or 'side-hustles.'
The REC finds scarce freelance IT specialisms to have more than doubled.
10th December, 2018 | Contracting News
Contractors will stick to their guns, but most of the unmoved are settlors.
7th December, 2018 | Contracting News
Doing nothing but waiting for HMRC to agree with the Lords isn’t wise (where MTD is concerned).
6th December, 2018 | Comment
‘The tide is turning,’ as over 100 MPs join peers and industry figures to denounce ‘monstrous’ legislation.
6th December, 2018 | Contracting News
Multiple failures, and even something sinister, exposed by peers probing the ‘retrospective’ tax.
5th December, 2018 | Contracting News
‘Awareness, resources and costs are all grounds to give tiny firms longer on digital tax accounts.’
4th December, 2018 | Money News
Early birds who last year dodged HMRC’s ‘customer-unfriendliness’ will now be caught too.
Hammond’s talk about helping families hasn’t translated into alleviation.
3rd December, 2018 | Money News
Lawspeed's Adrian Marlowe announces his stance on the NAO probe into the BBC's usage of PSCs.
3rd December, 2018 | Contracting News
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation announces its take on the latest migration figures.
An investigation into ‘Ltd’ TV presenters points to an awful mess, with stark long-term implications.
30th November, 2018 | Comment
Charity calls IT workers to help it be a support system, as most of them feel alone.
29th November, 2018 | Job News
Some peers and MPs are our modern-day Snark hunters -- and they seek fairness for contractors.
28th November, 2018 | Comment
Ex-inspector says her old boss understandably wants to understand working practices.
‘And even if MTD is postponed, tiny companies must be persuaded not pushed.’
27th November, 2018 | Money News
Chancellor finally concedes that disguised remuneration scheme users aren’t tax ‘evaders.’
26th November, 2018 | ebt
The chancellor and his Treasury could be blurring the lines intentionally.
20th November, 2018 | Comment
Taxman’s jazzy jingle is so bad it drove a drummer back to business.
16th November, 2018 | Contracting News
The official lowdown on going flat for VAT to go live next month.
15th November, 2018 | Money News
Making HMRC a preferred creditor will push contractors down the ‘pay me’ pecking order.
14th November, 2018 | Comment
Even if the alerts ring true, high-end IT contractors look unlikely to be fazed.
13th November, 2018 | Job News
Get the official take from the taxman if you used a scheme but don’t intend to settle.
12th November, 2018 | Contracting News
The established are being overrun by the east on international take-home pay.
Budget 2018 bound to be behind the blunter IT contractor demand but overall, opportunities are growing.
9th November, 2018 | Contracting News
On top of ‘refining’ reform, HMRC is now looking at ‘redrafting’ its MOO paper.
8th November, 2018 | IR35 News
No new guidance coming, as the rule-breakers are deliberate, and the unawares are unaware.
8th November, 2018 | Contracting News
'Astonished' I’m even being asked if they owe tax retrospectively, chancellor dares.
7th November, 2018 | Contracting News
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