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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.

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.

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.

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

‘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.

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.

What the third-party does will be the key; unlocking much more is difficult if not impossible.

14th May, 2019 | IR35

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