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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.

Comfortable growth for tech contractors is outshone by permie demand and scarcity.

Despite 'many' and 'strong' pointers to the BBC employing her, one PSC isn't giving up.

Calling time on the taxman’s 30-day clock is denounced as likely to hurt companies’ cashflow.

A passive-aggressive query tops the table of irritating things people say on email.

Brolly avoidance guide is launched to approval, but bosses say it's not rocket science.

HMRC's five-minute response target almost missed, and its 10-minute wait volume almost exceeded.

VAT-registered companies handed fresh guidance on what to do from April 2019.

The rise of AI and the self-employed is why one proposal has become eight.

Chancellor tipped to use Budget 2018 to make pensions more taxing for top earners.

Bounty payments totalling almost £350k go to people HMRC says should keep quiet.

Apps are changing financial services’ reputation from rate-enhancer to life-enricher. Are you benefiting?

Digital, micro and young businesses called to compete in a national contest.

Far less ‘bumping’ for those on contract income multiples via considerate lenders -- CMME.

Revenue ranked first by the almost four in 10 contractors to be IR35-assessed as a group.

A once asset-poor fraudster who couldn't pay gets his newly won chip-stack taken away.

It’s not for the faint-hearted, but fixing the higgledy-piggledy may be your lucrative niche.

There's lots of compelling new reasons to contract in Europe’s oldest nation state.

20th August, 2018 | Contracting Overseas

A foul-mouthed Revenue staffer is recorded swearing at a ‘gobsmacked’ caller.

The UK’s ‘resilient, determined problem-solvers’ shrug off Brexit and IR35 reform.

A firm in the field of stopping PSCs getting caught says HMRC's batting is causing severe delays.

15th August, 2018 | IR35 Further Reading