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Status is a key consideration if you take on contractors, or IR35-exempt sole traders.

‘Beware of brollies bearing gifts’ -- and other tips for agencies and contractors hoping to shut down the underhand umbrellas.

Interesting career moves abound for a civil servant-turned contractor worried about tax efficiency, and reputation.

An overview on making charitable donations through your own limited company.

The self-employed and vanilla variants won’t get close to the 4.49x annualised income that contractor mortgage brokers can offer you.

Get professional advice if you want to get politically involved by donating to a political party.

The key steps to take to demonstrate you’re not a disguised employee.

An accountant reassures a PSC director trying to spend less, with a little help from Jay-Z.

How to understand salary sacrifice pensions as an umbrella company worker.

Ahead of today’s IR35-themed CV webinar, work-winning expert Matt Craven reveals why you’re coming up short.

The process and practicalities to obtaining conclusive evidence that you’ve got your own company.

How to give your CV every chance of getting you an outside IR35 determination.

The ins and outs of getting the Irish Revenue to confirm your tax affairs are in order.

‘Agents ought to push back on short inside IR35 gigs, and stop misrepresenting pay.’

‘No simple answer to this simple question, just as judges in cases like Uber are finding out.’