Contracting News

It’s a debt you’ve got to pay back. But for some contending with covid-19, the new BBL scheme will be a lifeline.

Simon Dolan to take the government to court over the UK's coronavirus shutdown.

Pandemic isn’t cause to pause pressing disguised remuneration customers to pay what we say they owe, taxman signals.

Get the bill passed quickly while not insulting ‘switched on’ peers? Seems like a no-brainer for the government.

It’s too long a way back for many engagers so, perversely, it’s the unprepared who are now unburdened.

Nominations open to suppliers supporting contractors after a turbulent year, with everything from COVID-19 to IR35 reform.

It’s tempting to take the path of least taxation. But contractors have been here before.

Facing an eventual take-home dent of 40%, it’s reasonable for off-payroll ‘Ltd’ contractors to not limit their options.

It doesn’t have to be ‘umbrellas or perish,’ assuming that us PSC-dependent providers take actions.

Sunak’s ‘contractor-friendly’ ER policy is balanced against the 'chaos, insult and decimation' of his off-payroll rules proceeding.

Coronavirus dominates the ‘Getting it done’ Budget, under which ER reduces and IR35 reforms from April.

All but certain that ‘inexperienced’ Rishi Sunak will remove ER; forge ahead with IR35 reform.

For PSCs who have to navigate it, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget will probably be a traffic light.

Blanket assessed or banned? A new contractor campaign force is calling you to join the fight back today.

The Treasury’s ‘light-touch’ off-payroll pledge is getting a heavy amount of scrutiny.

The deadline to give peers your take on the off-payroll rules is imminent. Act now.

Are we all ready for the new IR35? Not according to HMRC’s straw poll on its latest webinar.

‘Forget any soft landing, it’s enforcement action as necessary; prepared or not.’

It’s up to contractor-taxpayers to take ‘reasonable care,’ as blaming your accountant for being late won’t wash.

Determinations like 'all caught,' 'all banned' (and the like) aren’t being made -- minister.

‘More concerning’ than the banks’ actions, is defence companies making do without ‘highly-skilled’ PSCs.

Loud off-payroll march gives even the ‘tin-earned Treasury’ no excuse to say it hasn’t been warned.

A rushed resolution to the longstanding off-payroll issue is undesirable. The softest of soft landings isn’t.

‘Third consecutive month of IT contractor demand getting deeper into negative territory warrants a delay.’

‘Go with the facts about how off-payroll reform has upended you, so forget ‘it isn’t fair’ rhetoric.’

Despite the IR35 hype, and the Taylor Review fanfare, the SDM’s demise should be quite a quiet affair.

The former head of the National Audit Office is to be summoned over a review that’s left 40,000 contractors in the cold.

Only one word of difference in the minister’s secondary answer to two different probes about IR35 reform.

Given the PM’s ‘staggering’ disclosure, the end of the winding-up tax break looks like a case of ‘when not if.’

The initial drop-off in PSC numbers is projected to be significant, but so too is their resurgence.

What contractor recruitment leaders have told the chancellor about April’s off-payroll rules.

Engagers are getting covered to defuse the ticking time-bomb of you claiming for contributions.

How Lloyds are hitting us; hiking our taxes, eroding our bottom line and squeezing the life out of our business.

Making a few quick admin and accounting moves is how nimble consultancies can fight back against the banks’ IR35 overreaching.

Aside from reassurance about historical enquiries, HMRC’s last minute-materials won’t mean much to most.

With unwieldy HMRC changes imminent, curbing how to challenge a public body looks poorly timed.

Having been on the receiving end of the courts, the PM moves to restrict how IT contractors often fight.

And other ‘injustices’ to get fresh eyes, and ideas -- to tackle promoters and ‘indifferent’ HMRC.

An 11-year low is revealed by the REC, which warns of IR35 reform coming ‘at the worst time.’

The later than expected Budget may have the IR35 reform review to blame.