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A guide on the crucial mechanism for limited company contractors to report additional payments, deductions and adjustments to HMRC.

Despite some quick and shrewd learning from HMRC, the law in 2024/25 still doesn’t entirely prohibit expenses claims.

An umbrella suspected of putting a contractor’s expenses on the ‘too difficult’ pile simply needs to use a little-known mechanism, ‘YEA FPS.’

Angela James at Yolo Wealth has dedicated the last decade to providing advice tailored to contractors and freelancers, working in partnership with Contractor UK and its readers over this time.

How end-clients who relied on rates to woo freelance tech talent must now tap into the importance of work-life balance.

An IT contractor who joined the dark side gets a refresher on BADR requirements, ahead of extracting £300k before winding-up.

Any sort of trading history precludes dormant accounts, meaning micro-entity accounts must continue to be filed.

‘Just because there’s no law against it doesn’t make it not misleading or unfair’ -- plus Direct Debit Guarantee tips.

Sympathy for the Sky Sports pundit. Frustration in his defence. Same old HMRC. But rules are rules.

Top eight steps to tot up the off-payroll rules’ deemed payment, plus who calculates it and when.

A recap on Mileage Allowance Relief for few-days-a-week workers, not being reimbursed for getting to the job.

Top tips from a tech agent who’s seeing once-successful, skilled, IT contractors broken by tumbleweed.

A well-written LinkedIn profile is one thing; actually having people land on it is quite another. Join my Wednesday webinar to find out how.

Tax relief tips for an ‘ignorant’ contractor, whose goodwill is eligible for  -- and deserving of -- modest reimbursement.

A guide to claiming a handy £5,000 a year off your National Insurance bill, potentially.