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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.

Collateral of Budget 2016 includes outsourcers and consultancies supplying PSCs.

Overview of where PSC and brolly workers will feel Osborne giving and taking.

Osborne says he wants to help some people keep more of their money; are you one of them?

Chancellor gives some PSCs a NICs let-off, but will still hit contracting as a whole.

Osborne will 'act now so we don’t pay later, putting the next generation first.'

Chancellor tipped to shift the liability from worker to engager in a £400m tax raid.

For winding-up contractors, April looks worse than any March Budget reforms to ER.

When it’s deducted is the key NI difference between employees and directors.

14th March, 2016 | Money

Use Budget to end sticking plaster approach to contracting, say 55 MPs.

The lowdown for tax-savvy over-55s who want to earn through retirement funds.

10th March, 2016 | Money

Forget the how, what and why – it's the when of the dividend tax that'll sting.

REC warns of scaled back recruitment in wake of April's tax changes.

Review likes the look and feel of the unincorporated, but wants safety like a ‘Ltd.’  

At-a-glance: the tax unit's most important major and minor recommendations.

What's optimal today for a liquidating PSC was just as optimal before April 6th.

7th March, 2016 | MVL

Law firm pinpoints what is and isn't claimable post-April.

4th March, 2016 | Expenses

Meeting his client is an allowable expense for one IT contractor, even once T&S tax relief is restricted.

3rd March, 2016 | Expenses

Hardcore of tax dodgers blamed for genuine oversights triggering HMRC inspections.

At least on IR35, what one expert wants to see on March 16th is what she expects to see.

Legal points for a contractor with a client who wants to cut out the agent.

1st March, 2016 | Guide to Contracts