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Simon Moore

Simon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing,

self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment.

Trained in News & Features writing by NCTJ-approved journalism tutors, Simon worked in the

newsrooms of local, consumer and national press titles, before setting up his own editorial services

company, Moore News Ltd.

The company’s clients include a FTSE-listed recruiter, a division of one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy

firms and the UK’s largest small business forum. Simon’s articles have been linked to by The Daily

Telegraph and the biggest newspaper website in the world, MailOnline.

Help is apparently at hand for companies' beneficial owners who want privacy.

UK intellectual property regime criticised for not serving small businesses well enough.

Expert spells out the reality of being taxed like an employee minus their rights.

4th June, 2015 | Successful Contracting

Anti-evasion officers pressing to put 'moderately successful professionals' in prison.

French bank tells its UK IT contractors to lower their rates or leave.

£13,000 worth of prizes on offer to the top contractors of today and tomorrow.

First week of 2015 begins to put earnings into your own pocket - not the taxman's.  

Margins of Whitehall's technology suppliers to be laid bare every three months.

Earning £100 online provokes the taxman, while incurring it pacifies him. 

A laundry list rather than easy answers faces a techie eyeing a tax-efficient base in Germany. 

29th May, 2015 | Contracting Overseas

Umbrella and limited company bosses favour a five-year freeze, but not unreservedly.  

Expert helps a Manx IT contractor assess if a stint in the UK will be too taxing.

28th May, 2015 | Contracting Overseas

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

Government to consult on how representative bodies can challenge payment terms.

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

Lawyer's top tips on using CoA to help thwart the Intermediaries legislation.

21st May, 2015 | IR35

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

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

IR35 expert suggests a CoA letter is still worth much more than the paper it's printed on.

20th May, 2015 | IR35

S660 named among the uncertainties that couples face in an outdated tax system.