Latest Guides

Latest Contractor Guides

Summary

Resolved: Are the coaching fees my guru charges an allowable business expense?

Guide type and date

30th May, 2024 | Limited Companies

Author
Helen Christopher
Summary

Dos and don’ts of the application process to officially strike off your PSC.

Guide type and date

30th May, 2024 | Limited Companies

Author
Nick Hood
Summary

Ranging from subscriptions and pensions to VAT perks and insurance, inside IR35 doesn’t totally turn the tax efficiency tap off if you’re a director.

Guide type and date

29th May, 2024 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Author
Matt Fryer
Summary

With the general election now around the corner, would a party that promises then delivers on repealing the IR35 off-payroll working rules be reducing the UK’s tax burden?

Guide type and date

28th May, 2024 | IR35 Further Reading

Author
Nigel Nordone
Summary

A 14-part manual isn’t aimed squarely at contractors, but reading what end-users and agencies are being told by HMRC on IR35/OPW is no bad thing.

Guide type and date

24th May, 2024 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Author
Rebecca Seeley Harris
Summary

Knowing the status you have as a company director is key to unlocking your holiday pay entitlement.

Guide type and date

22nd May, 2024 | Limited Companies

Author
Helen Christopher
Summary

A bypass to inside IR35/OPW payment processes has emerged – with potentially lethal HMRC consequences for agencies and end-clients.

Guide type and date

21st May, 2024 | Umbrella Companies

Author
Sébastien Sauca
Summary

Top 5 tried and tested techniques to combat overreliance on recruiters.

Guide type and date

20th May, 2024 | Limited Companies

Author
Matt Craven
Summary

A need-to-know on HMRC penalising and charging interest under the Intermediaries legislation.

Guide type and date

17th May, 2024 | IR35 Further Reading

Author
Nigel Nordone
Summary

Five traits of a best-practice brolly, so you can tell if your umbrella is worth holding on to (or not).

Guide type and date

16th May, 2024 | Umbrella Companies

Author
Meredith McCammond
Summary

Top 10 botches of the contractor expenses kind – each of which directors should make it their job to avoid.

Guide type and date

13th May, 2024 | Limited Companies

Author
Matt Fryer
Summary

The loan/repayments parts of a high street deal can appear just like a specialist deal. But looks can be very (very) deceiving -- not to mention massively costly.

Guide type and date

10th May, 2024 | Money

Author
John Yerou
Summary

An overview to the vital court proceeding which holds public bodies like HMRC to account.

Guide type and date

8th May, 2024 | Successful Contracting

Author
Thomas Wallace
Summary

On top of the principle expenses contractors in a PSC can claim, add these 14.

Guide type and date

7th May, 2024 | Expenses

Author
Matt Fryer
Summary

‘Get under the hood of client OPW advice’ – and other top tips to keep status wrangles at bay.

Guide type and date

2nd May, 2024 | IR35 Further Reading

Author
Charlie Hemsworth