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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.

NAO tipped to tackle why the taxman’s external tech help bill is up by 9,000%.

IPSE: Taxman’s responsiveness will worsen should status decisions be made more difficult.

The road is long, expensive and emotional draining, say tiny tech company founders.

Five areas of the private sector IR35 reform proposal fail the (whole) truth test.

‘Strong demand for only partially financially-satisfied contractors is due to post-GDPR work, not just pre.’

What GDPR is; how to comply and why IT contractors will probably welcome it.

'More straightforward if the client pays in the country they’re in, and you’re from.'

24th May, 2018 | Contracting Overseas

Delays, increased costs and bigger workloads. And that’s the government’s own findings.

We’ll keep objecting, but off-payroll rules on all PSCs are now a foregone conclusion, experts say.

Qdos wants your views about being a PSC amid the BBC/NHS/IR35 debacle.

‘Unimaginative,’ ‘shameful,’ ‘outrageous.’ Or is it just a cry to contractors for help?

For contractors in a hurry, a quick recap on the private sector off-payroll reform plan.

21st May, 2018 | IR35

For the first time, Tier 2 is denying hundreds of firms the techies they say they want.

Not for want of trying! HMRC fails in its second attempt to catch a PSC ‘well-versed’ in IR35.

A taxman going back over a decade in 'reasonable care' cases is 'wrong in principle.'

PSCs -- look forward, because a perfect storm of contractor regulation is brewing.

Steep rise in HMRC’s use of its potentially ‘unfair, uncontrolled, gloves-off’ agents.

‘Can you hear me now?’ Small firms come forward to pinpoint network not-spots.

Urgently place reform that has decimated IT contracting under a microscope, says IHPA.

Brexit puts the full rollout of HMRC's digital revolution on 'pause.'