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Twenty traps on the benefits and expenses form that may lead to a compliance review.

Written by Simon Moore
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Government to consult on how representative bodies can challenge payment terms.

Written by Simon Moore
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Online trader who was let go by the Revenue, only to lie on his tax return, is sentenced.

Written by Simon Moore
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Wide-ranging look at penalties considers what to do if 'life just gets in the way.'

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Taxman denies accusations that he's shifted the goalposts on confirmation letters and IR35.

Written by Simon Moore
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S660 named among the uncertainties that couples face in an outdated tax system.

Written by Simon Moore
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IPSE says one-man bands would be less adrift on Monday if the digital networks worked.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Working people' to be at the heart of chancellor's first Conservative Budget.

Written by Simon Moore
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Wide-ranging act put in place to help UK become 'best place in the world' to start-up.

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'Concerning level of discord' is clearly intact, on invoicing, security and services to come.

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Sajid Javid becomes Business Secretary, and Greg Hands becomes Osborne's deputy.

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Government pours in funds to helps techies with a social conscience find solutions.

Written by Simon Moore
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Not even 24hrs in office, the new Tory government was awash with wishes for contractors.

Written by Simon Moore
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Number of permie IT skills on the REC's scarce list hits double figures.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tories set for a convincing victory, sounding the death knell for Clegg and Miliband. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Only the finance department find journeying when you're not earning more costly.

Written by Simon Moore
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What limited company contractors should consider before polling day tomorrow.

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What umbrella company contractors should consider before polling day tomorrow.

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Trio of pledges blasted as unspecific, despite Labour singling out the disguised self-employed. 

Written by Simon Moore
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The tax plans that must have proved too taxing for officials to work out properly. 

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Initially 'not guilty' tech manager admits to a £220,000 fake invoice scam.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Times New Roman is for the lazy; Helvetica is for the honest and Comic Sans is for clowns.'

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'Tens of thousands' of digital suppliers hope an exemption from VAT rules emerges next month.

Written by Simon Moore
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PM says self-employed need maternity pay, pensions and mortgages reviewed.

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Spending on tech suppliers is going on services that IT directors don’t rate.

Written by Simon Moore
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Almost 10,000 more self-assessors told to pay for purposefully under-declaring.

Written by Simon Moore
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Petrol-head techies will lap up a VIP race day experience at an agency's expense.    

Written by Simon Moore
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Four facets of the IT contracts market show no sign of election jitters.

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Fresh off-payroll guidance tells public clients how to check for IR35 now BETs are off.

Written by Simon Moore
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Services that conciliate and mediate are best with the courts, not as alternatives.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tech executives help the leafy Surrey suburb excel at paying income tax.

Written by Simon Moore
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Labour leader lets his party's slight on the self-employed continue.

Written by Simon Moore
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The 'freelance-friendly' pledges of Cameron, Clegg, Farage, Bennett and Sturgeon.

Written by Simon Moore
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The very workers targeted by HMRC are the ones who need a say, appeals AUCAE.

Written by Simon Moore
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What Nick Clegg and his party are pledging to win your vote.

Written by Simon Moore
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What David Cameron and his party are promising to win your vote.

Written by Simon Moore
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What Ed Miliband and his party are promising in return for your vote.

Written by Simon Moore
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Targets include dormant companies and 'disguised self-employment.'

Written by Simon Moore
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FTSE firms reportedly at risk of being bitten for flouting cookie law.

Written by Simon Moore
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Demand's upward spiral will likely make six IT contractor-types fidgety if their rates aren't right.

Written by Simon Moore
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Holiday pay ruling may have 'major impact' on contract staffing sector.

Written by Simon Moore
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Wrongly telling HMRC that you're F, when you're likely D, could have consequences.

Written by Simon Moore
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Yesterday's rule to exempt 'Ltds' from reporting small value benefits isn't in force.

Written by Simon Moore
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Big companies urged to buy their unflattering TLDs before somebody else does.

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Latest IR35 Forum promised fresh advice, fewer meetings and 250 enquiries at a time.

Written by Simon Moore
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Two new frameworks + four official moves = IR35 (and the Forum) going nowhere.

Written by Simon Moore
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Inside IR35 contractors will be relieved that Osborne retained Entrepreneurs' Relief.

Written by Simon Moore
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UK and Ireland accounted for 42 per cent of the total European investment in Fintech. 

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Another oil giant's contract IT workforce is told to lower their rates by 15% or leave.

Written by Simon Moore
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The unintended consequences of stripping tax relief from the supervised, directed and controlled.

Written by Simon Moore
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Chancellor's simplification measure seems like anything but from a technology standpoint.

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IPSE hopes David Cameron gets his way, for the health of e-services suppliers.

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VAT charges when contractors bid for public work to be nullified from April.

Written by Simon Moore
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Not declaring to the taxman is criminalised, regardless of any intent to defraud him.

Written by Simon Moore
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Experts clash over the slow death of T&S relief for the supervised, directed and controlled.

Written by Simon Moore
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Six sections stating the key announcements of George Osborne's sixth Budget. 

Written by Simon Moore
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No more tax relief from next April if you're supervised, directed and controlled.

Written by Simon Moore
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George Osborne 'takes Britain one more big step from austerity to prosperity.'

Written by Simon Moore
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Taxman has issued IR35 status decisions that he'll soon spell out to everybody.

Written by Simon Moore
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A list of the latest talking points between the taxman and contractors' advisers.

Written by Simon Moore
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Joined-up thinking seems to have kicked the expenses clampdown into the long grass.

Written by Simon Moore
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IFA to contractors reveals what he expects (and wants) to see from the chancellor. 

Written by Simon Moore
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'IR35 unlikely to rear its head in the Budget due to HMRC update just four days before it.'

Written by Simon Moore
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What George Osborne should (and shouldn't) offer PSC contractors on Wednesday.

Written by Simon Moore
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Latest rate data revealed to a techie testing the water of IT contracting.
 

Written by Simon Moore
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The hubs and hot skills that are driving demand in the technology contracts market.

Written by Simon Moore
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Oil giant tells temporary tech workforce to accept pay cut or quit.

Written by Simon Moore
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Most umbrella companies expect a withholding of tax relief, rather than a withdrawal. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Firms throwing money at the demand-supply mismatch is lining the IT labour market's pockets. 

Written by Simon Moore
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A destabilising of contractors at the MoD requires an urgent rethink, says IPSE.

Written by Simon Moore
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UK's contracting tsar is sad about how self-employment is seen by Labour MPs.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tax unit makes at least 45 mentions of the rule it's restricted from exploring.

Written by Simon Moore
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The 22 big things the government should do on status, listed and at-a-glance.

Written by Simon Moore
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A lack of capacity and skills is auspicious if you're one of seven types of IT contractor.

Written by Simon Moore
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Honesty will be the only policy if a new virtual certification system becomes compulsory.

Written by Simon Moore
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Isis killer is an ex-computer programmer who has a knack for sales and holds a 2:2. 

Written by Simon Moore
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A tightening up to a payment code should help small firms, even if it is only voluntary.

Written by Simon Moore
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Aid is issued to people who work for themselves that get stung for not self-assessing correctly.

Written by Simon Moore
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A new law requires 'prompt payment' throughout the government's supply chain.

Written by Simon Moore
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Chancellor vows action next month, potentially against those who advise on dodging HMRC.

Written by Simon Moore
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An investigation into the outsourcing giant is the right response to allegations, says IPSE.

Written by Simon Moore
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Dataset casts the tech sector as cautiously optimistic, despite louder talent pains.

Written by Simon Moore
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Being fined for filing your tax return 'a day or two' late may soon become a thing of the past.

Written by Simon Moore
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Ministers' actions from May will make or break the UK’s digital future – report.

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UK’s contractor body gives a green light to the rail network’s digital upgrade.

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The difference between a skilled IT contractor and an interim manager seems lost on most end-users.

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The taxman's biggest ever data grab in the contractor market? Probably…

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Contractor body backs red tape reduction, but warns of a new growth restriction.

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IR35 investigations last year netted a paltry £430,000 for the Revenue.

Written by Simon Moore
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Alerts to file early are having an impact, but only on some self-assessors.

Written by Simon Moore
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The start of 2015 had the edge over the end of 2014, as predicted to ContractorUK.

Written by Simon Moore
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Battle of the Silicons: the Glen is only slightly lagging behind the Roundabout. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Only six days left to talk the taxman out of robbing you of relief on travel and subsistence.

Written by Simon Moore
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Just as many top rate brolly workers are in the likes of Manchester than London.

Written by Simon Moore
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State agency says it's got better since being told its error caused a 'Ltd' to collapse.

Written by Simon Moore
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HMRC wants to publicly identify repeat avoiders, even if they are indifferent to public outrage.

Written by Simon Moore
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Taxman's record on IT suppliers inspires 'little confidence' that he'll succeed in 2017.

Written by Simon Moore
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Take-home pay is one of the few positives for the increasingly cautious contract workforce.  

Written by Simon Moore
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A month behind bars for every year she stole from the public purse goes to a female tax official.

Written by Simon Moore
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London's daily IT pay divides into the lucrative, the flat and the long-term static. 

Written by Simon Moore