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Almost nine in 10 contractors get paid on time in the Capital of the North.

A seemingly anodyne PDF on the 2019 Loan Charge is met with rebuffs, questions and letters.

The commercial threat posed to their PSC is behind contractors refusing AMS’s terms.

Contractor sector warns the OTS that its PAYE plan has 'unintended consequences.'

Contractors in and around a few Midlands cities tend to get paid later than anywhere else.

The clock is ticking for taxpayers brought into the split-bill system due to the 'dividend drop.'

REC slams ‘lack of clarity’ for the likes of contractors (and end-users) from 2021.

Ex-chancellor's ‘ticking time bomb’ triggers a near doubling in ‘Ltd’ landlords.

What was once ‘appropriate’ is now ‘correct’ -- just don’t call it ‘blanketing,’ IR35 Forum told.

Having not first succeeded, LCAG is trying again to raise the Revenue’s CEO about tax-inspired suicide attempts.

‘Papering over the cracks’ is up 615%, thanks to powers, probes and misperception.

Our call to the taxman to set up a suicide helpline has been answered, disgracefully -- LCAG.

‘We want to help’ claims the Revenue, ‘but we can only help those who come forward.’

Government may be still ‘jumping the gun’ even in the era of more time to scrutinise.

A status lawyer sums up recent implications for contractors, and says how HMRC can be silenced.

Key IR35 Forum members distance themselves from the MOO paper on their website.

Unprecedented, company-crippling payment terms will undergo their first test on Friday.

Far off May’s peak, growth in IT contractor demand has now reverted to Q1 territory.

Mel Stride MP tackled for uttering what critics count to be four falsehoods.

Treasury minister written to for his ‘astonishing, appalling, fundamentally untrue’ reply.

Even where its odds are poor, a revenue-led HMRC will still likely see you in court.

New payment terms slammed as ‘another nail in the public sector contracting coffin.'

There’s a crossover into Big and Artificial, yet today it’s ‘old’ Data skills which drive contractor demand.

Contractors cowed to go ‘inside IR35’ by trusts threatening a one-two legislative punch.

‘Far from just erring on tax forms, applicants told a £10,000 lie to remain in the UK.’

Two cases of contractor mislabelling require a four-fold definition, says IPSE.

Officials not talking straight is adding to uncertainty for firms aiming for proper treatment.

'Character and conduct' of a freelance techie being sullied by a 'guilty until innocent approach.'

'As most small companies only know MTD by name, next year is far too soon for it.'

Giving roles 'safe harbour' from IR35 is signalled in the broadcaster's hush talks with the taxman.

Contractors and others who set their own hours will be less tempted to show work the red card.

Pay gap and permie growth losing out, thanks to more females joining the fold.

What’s already being cut for contractors with property is put into the PM’s crosshairs.

People phoning in to kill themselves over backdated tax is overrunning a lobbyist.

What the first responder to ‘countless’ suicide attempts over retrospection is telling the taxman.

The health service’s hiring managers are struggling with ‘disastrous’ reform – study.

New anti-money laundering rules will be the eye of a perfect legislative storm from Tuesday.

Cordova expected to pass Rust on its way down from hirers’ websites.

As a new CEST is rumoured, emails show ‘Ltd’ was all but compulsory for BBC talent.

Telling lies and turning blind eyes if IR35 changes could put PSCs' partners in the dock.

A 'candid' late payment tsar reveals success is still in single figures, despite him being operational for eight months.

'And even then, with Brexit, MTD and IR35 reform looming, it needs conditions.'

A lender’s new offer is shaped around the Treasury changing buy-to-let’s economics.

Javid's plan will lead to more highly skilled workers from abroad in UK tech.

Firms warned they face a ‘tsunami of claims’ from ex-contractors demanding cash.

Agency says clients tried to turn contractors, yet today the experienced have the edge.

Ex-tax inspector says it’ll all backfire for HMRC if Direct Engagement schemes flourish.

The ceiling for when VAT applies should be higher than today’s £85,000, says IPSE.

Far from moving away from them, the BBC’s payments to ‘Ltd’ presenters are up 25%.

Same old-same old for clients, yet a 10-month high for IT contractors.

Be ‘very careful’ not to spark an HMRC investigation, dual income taxpayers told.

A hardening taxman is on the lookout for ‘out of the ordinary’ transactions.

A ‘bird’s eye view’ of IT communities in niche sectors should let you swoop down on the gaps.

Ministers must do what the taxman won’t -- keep their ears, eyes and minds open.

PSC directors who bet their home for a loan lose big in a property downturn -- BoE.

NAO tipped to tackle why the taxman’s external tech help bill is up by 9,000%.

Don’t panic about HMRC delays, but bear in mind they unfortunately won’t affect IR35 reform.

IPSE: Taxman’s responsiveness will worsen should status decisions be made more difficult.

The road is long, expensive and emotional draining, say tiny tech company founders.

Five areas of the private sector IR35 reform proposal fail the (whole) truth test.

Slightly less liabilities on hirers, plus chain-wide IR35 compliance? HMRC may have found its answer.

‘Strong demand for only partially financially-satisfied contractors is due to post-GDPR work, not just pre.’

What GDPR is; how to comply and why IT contractors will probably welcome it.

Claims being made about claims are unnecessarily clouding convoluted T&S rules.

Delays, increased costs and bigger workloads. And that’s the government’s own findings.

We’ll keep objecting, but off-payroll rules on all PSCs are now a foregone conclusion, experts say.

A lot for the taxman to tackle before 2020 (no sooner please), because his thinking is flawed.

Qdos wants your views about being a PSC amid the BBC/NHS/IR35 debacle.

‘Unimaginative,’ ‘shameful,’ ‘outrageous.’ Or is it just a cry to contractors for help?

For the first time, Tier 2 is denying hundreds of firms the techies they say they want.

Not for want of trying! HMRC fails in its second attempt to catch a PSC ‘well-versed’ in IR35.

A taxman going back over a decade in 'reasonable care' cases is 'wrong in principle.'

PSCs -- look forward, because a perfect storm of contractor regulation is brewing.

Private sector IR35 reform? Yes, but not as you know it.

Steep rise in HMRC’s use of its potentially ‘unfair, uncontrolled, gloves-off’ agents.

‘Can you hear me now?’ Small firms come forward to pinpoint network not-spots.

Urgently place reform that has decimated IT contracting under a microscope, says IHPA.

Brexit puts the full rollout of HMRC's digital revolution on 'pause.'

Stephen Lloyd MP tackles the ‘unfair’ backdating of Disguised Remuneration rules.

Why there are two IT security areas you won’t need to look at (as much) before you leap.

Four-month spree comes to an end for IT contractors, but demand overall is still ‘huge’.

A £900k IR35 case hears that news presenters had little choice but to be ‘Ltd.’

People likely to be panicked into paying the taxman are being targeted by crooks.

And it’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’ if data is outsourced or exported, despite GDPR.

Taxman’s blind faith in his own tool is no surprise, but it could have a sting in its tail.

MPs decline their ‘inexact’ chair’s invite to grill taxmen about policies for PSCs.

The Revenue’s penalty regime is about to ratchet up in earnest.

Contractor debt advisory’s concern is echoed by a national small business body.

City lawyers say the taxman’s admission is why you shouldn’t simply pay up.

Broadcaster hands cash to around 15 of its PSCs hit by ‘devasting’ HMRC demands.

One year since reform, ‘the guinea pig’ is squealing over having to pay higher rates.

Three big Brexit issues unsettle most consultants, who remain ‘in the dark’ on visas.

A new Carillion-inspired package is good, but it could do better for IT freelancers’ cashflow.

Flat rate treatment for all (regardless of employment status), hailed as too big a prize to ignore.

Probes into potential Criminal Finances Act breaches seen as ‘the tip of the iceberg.’

Health service’s IT hub operating with only a score of ‘deeply technically’ skilled security people.

IT agency boss sounds business-as-usual verdict, as any changes ‘some way off.’

Tax body reveals what needs resolving now to stop a spread to the private sector.

Contractors seen ‘turning their backs on PSCs' for the fourth month in a row.

If the taxman took reasonable care, then his guidance would by now reflect a 2017 verdict.