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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.

Red-faced chancellor shreds his plan to raid freelancers from 2019.

Get the official word on whether you’re a limited cost trader, and likely to pay more VAT.

Legal reassurance, of sorts, for a firm set to flout British law outside of Britain.

16th March, 2017 | Limited Companies

Convert to a brolly and so pay more tax than inside IR35, or be gone, PSCs told.

Almost all contractors fear walking out before April will hurt taxpayer-funded bodies.

Get tailored help on the off-payroll rules, to work out what 23 days’ time means for you.

Budget's biggest windfall is by setting the break-evens at £2,000, £8,667 and £10,092.

Theresa May's intervention is welcomed, yet up to £700 more in Class 4 is still incoming.

Varying levels of outcry reflect varying levels of tax, but your new liability is capped at £1,143.

Your definitive guide to yesterday's big reveals on tech, VAT, the ESS and IR35.

9th March, 2017 | Successful Contracting

Planning, info and advice are the best triple-lock to protect against Hammond's squeeze.

£3,000 hike in PSCs' taxable income seen as a lesser evil than extending off-payroll rules.

Philip Hammond delivers his first Budget, to prepare Britain for a 'fairer' future.

IFA: Will the chancellor strike the right (or wrong) notes for your personal finances?

Budget 2017 fears compel the first commercial outfit to begin banishing 'Ltd' workers.

'Courts have already ruled against the flawed approach that HMRC is still evolving.'

No escape for a 'LLP' who only avoided 'Ltd' because of the compliance headache.

7th March, 2017 | Public Sector Contracting

Another expert says PSCs with commercial clients could be brought into scope on Wednesday.

Check your status for tax, invites HMRC, opening the ESS -- in all but name.

Fee-payers must decide PSCs’ status before using the later than promised ESS.