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One contractor asks overseas tax experts, Global K, on tax liabilities whilst working overseas.

Practicality and law mean end clients prefer agents.

How can you rid yourself of agents and still be gainfully employed?

Legal experts, PRMS Ltd, look at how contractors can recover debt.

Study shows creative CVs are rife, but contractors are rarely brought to task.

Casually asking where you've been for interview might seem like a friendly enquiry, but...

"Agency didn't tell me that the client required a credit check" - John Antell responds as one contractor's offer is withdrawn due to a bad credit history.

Contractors have a right to control the price paid for their services.

Legal expert, John Antell, replies to a contractor 'ripped off' by an agent, who convinced him to accept a lower rate, and then took over 50%.

Ten tips from an industry expert offering advice on how to speed up tardy payment from a client - and what to do if they refuse to pay.

John Antell describes the procedure from Letter of Claim to trial and enforcement.

As John Antell explains, in England and Wales there are a number of professions who provide tax advice.

Contractors can find it hugely frustrating when they are overlooked for roles because they do not have the right qualifications. CUK investigates the merits of training in a skill against commercial experience of using it.

I was invited to save tax by having some of my contractor's fees paid as offshore loans. This was a scheme set up professionally and I was assured it was a legitimate - the IR are now challenging the legality of the tax saved..

Even the Inland Revenue get things wrong. If you really think the Taxman is asking for more tax than is legally due, there are ways to appeal – and taxpayers do successfully overturn tax demands and determinations.