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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.

End-users to defy government expectations on travel and subsistence crackdown.

Profit after tax, not before it, is why distributions cannot be treated like pens and pencils.

25th February, 2016 | Limited Companies

Fresh IR35 assurance process guidance published, in wake of all BETs being off.

How to give public clients assurance without taking the defunct BETs.

24th February, 2016 | IR35

Chancellor's axe apparently trained on the cash reward you get at 55 for building a nest egg.

Going down the road of billing for mandatory bus trips might be bumpy.

22nd February, 2016 | IR35

Nothing agreed beforehand (orally or otherwise) means nothing's due.

19th February, 2016 | Expenses

Debt transfer is a problem twice over for one would-be sole trader.

18th February, 2016 | Successful Contracting

Agencies fight plans to make UK contractors permies after a year-and-a-half.

Reticent taxman starts coughing up to scheme users he unlawfully told to pay-up front.

Top tier contractors will want to act before the lifetime pensions allowance abates, again.

Government told how to do more to help people in business on their own account.

Chancellor's reported windfall would see him pay no tax under his own rule.

All rules relating to contractor taxation need a rethink, urges PRISM.

Save money or make money? Both are prospects in the new era of collaborative consumption.  

Law firm advises what to do when you overwork and get billed for the privilege.

11th February, 2016 | Guide to Contracts

Keenness to tie-up contracts pre-Xmas may be affecting demand now, post-Xmas.

Residency and status hold the answer for a frequent flyer, not an old Contractors' Question.

10th February, 2016 | Contracting Overseas

How to bring forward a distribution; why and where to safeguard against HMRC.

Tax firms offering you anything over 80% invoice-value should be treated with extreme caution.

9th February, 2016 | Limited Companies