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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.

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 HMRC's latest minutes say, and what contractors will likely take from them.

18th July, 2018 | IR35

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.

Its terrain and taxes are flat, but Poland has raised itself above almost all other EU nations.

12th July, 2018 | Contracting Overseas

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.

'Brollies can indeed pose a money laundering risk, but no need to register with a supervisory body.'

9th July, 2018 | Umbrella Companies

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