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5 steps before your client ‘does a Foreign Office’ and puts 90% of contractors inside IR35
Under HMRC scrutiny, the FCDO has put almost 90% of its contractors inside IR35, compared with a near even inside-outside split a year ago. Off-payroll working expert…
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Simple Assessment letters: How ex-Personal Service Companies are on HMRC’s radar
Whether IR35 played a part or not, former contractors who've wound up their personal service companies are on the receiving end of form PA302 — often due to savings,…
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Napkin, anyone, for your next IT contract?
A music mogul's dinner-table deal and a contractor's quick email exchange have more in common than you'd think — both can be binding. Evane Alexandre, technology lawyer…
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Contractor limited company pension contributions: how to extract profit tax-efficiently?
‘Going direct’ by paying company profit into a pension can leave a limited company £2,430 better off because it comes ‘off the top.’ Dolan Accountancy's Lauren Sears…
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The weird, the wonderful and the genuinely useful: what contractors get wrong about expenses
A Speedo. Lingerie. A camel ride?! Somewhere in an accountant's filing system is proof that contractors will try to expense almost anything, and the stories are funnier…
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Right to Work changes from October 2026: a contractor’s explainer
How the UK contractor sector is set to be shaken up by RTW expanding to alternative work arrangements, including checks every time you jump umbrella, agency checks not…
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